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2021-07-09 Afghanistan
Over 120 Taliban militants killed in recent battles in Afghanistan
[AlAhram] The Taliban
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bad boy group has not made comments on the reports so far. Details about possible casualties on the side of the security forces were unclear

More than 120 Talibs were killed and over 50 others maimed as Afghan government security forces continued festivities in the countryside to prevent the turbans from advancing, according to multiple sources on Thursday.
Early on Thursday, five turbans were killed and three others maimed in a security forces' ambush on the outskirts of Kunduz city, capital of northern Kunduz province, Esmatullah Muradi, a provincial government front man told Xinhua.

The turbans tried to assault police security forces in the area.

While the US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
troops have been leaving the country, violence in the country is on the rise.

In neighboring Takhar province, a Taliban shadow intelligence chief, Ahmadullah for Takhar Thursday morning died of wounds inflicted during a recent battle with security forces in suburban Farkhar district, Abdul Khalil Asir from the provincial police told Xinhua.

In the western Nimroz province, five Talibs were killed and three Taliban, including Gul Nabi, a Taliban shadow district chief for Dilaram district, were maimed after Afghan Air Force targeted a Taliban vehicle in Dilaram, army's 215th Maiwand Corps confirmed in a statement.

A Taliban vehicle, two cycle of violences and two AK-47 guns were also destroyed.

Forty-three Taliban were killed and 23 others maimed during military operations and Afghan air force-led multiple Arclight airstrike
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s in suburban districts of Marja, Garmser, Nahri Sarraj and on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah city, capital of southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province on Wednesday, the army corps said, adding 13 bad boys' motorbikes and handful weapons and ammunition were also desorbed.

The province is notorious for militancy and opium poppy cultivation.

In western Badghis province, at least 69 Talibs were killed and 23 others maimed after Afghan cops evicted turbans from the quiet provincial capital, Qala-e-Naw city, on Wednesday, the country's Defense Ministry confirmed earlier in the day.

Heavily-armed Talibs stormed and briefly took control of the city on Wednesday before the Afghan cops launched a counter-offensive.

The ANDSF also seized some bad boys' weapons and ammunition, the ministry said in a statement.

"Reinforcement was dispatched and more Afghan National Army commandos arrived in Qala-e-Naw Wednesday night. The security forces' counter-attack is in full swing now and the situation in the city is getting better," the statement said.

Sporadic festivities and fighting continued in Qala-e-Naw during Thursday, according to sources.

On Wednesday, Afghan warplanes also destroyed a fast-moving Taliban suicide boom-mobile outside Qala-e-Naw city. The Taliban tried to detonate the massive boom-mobileing near a defense line of Afghan soldiers.

The Taliban bad boy group has not made comments on the reports so far. Details about possible casualties on the side of the security forces were unclear.

The Afghan provinces have been the scene of heavy battles in recent weeks as Talibs continued their fighting against government security forces and captured about 100 suburban districts out of the country's 400 districts since the drawdown of US troops on May 1.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ]  Top
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#1 600 yesterday. I call bullshit
Posted by Chris 2021-07-09 02:43||   2021-07-09 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 'The war in Afghanistan hasn't failed - YET', says President Biden as the Taliban praise their 'friend' China and take control of another vital trade route while female MP decries West's 'betrayal'
Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-09 09:33||   2021-07-09 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not how many are killed, but how many remain alive.
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-07-09 11:56||   2021-07-09 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 600 yesterday. I call bullshit

The Taliban have a good propaganda operation. Maybe propaganda alone will help the Taliban win. But if it fails, they had better have supplies lined up. Because the odds and ends from the departure of US troops will need to go a long way to match the $5b a year Uncle Sam is throwing at the Afghan Army. Najibullah lasted 3 years after the Soviets left. He lost a good bit of territory at the beginning, but the lines stabilized, and the mujahideen could make no headway until Yeltsin finally cut Najibullah off. Najibullah literally ran out of gas.

The operating tempo they've set up is probably unsustainable without a significant sugar daddy. Maybe China by way of Pakistan. Not the first time China has supplied one neighboring faction against another on its border (or beyond).
Posted by Zhang Fei 2021-07-09 13:48||   2021-07-09 13:48|| Front Page Top

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