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Afghanistan
Militant-controlled District Recaptured
2009-07-13
[Quqnoos] Afghan and Coalition troops regained the control of a remote district in Nooristan province on Sunday, officials said. The control of Barg-e Matal district of the eastern Nooristan province is regained three days after Taliban militants forced government officials to flee the Afghan district, bordering Pakistan.
And now it's the turn of the Taliban to flee, like water flowing back and forth. Or so they will think.
The joint Afghan and US-led coalition troops retook the district during an brief operation that according to the provincial governor, the forces did not confront a major resistance from the Taliban.

"Two militants have been killed in an offensive aimed to get the district back from the Taliban," said a border police official, Col Qasimkhail.

Taliban militants who intensified their attacks across the country have not yet commented on the battle.

Militants killed at least 8 policemen and detained eight others Thursday in an offensive to capture the district of Nooristan, a restive Afghan province. In the Thursday's gunfire, around two dozens of militants were also killed in Nooristan, officials said.

According to the border police official, more security forces will be deployed in Barg-e Matal district to prevent any militants' offensive to the district in the future.
Posted by:Fred

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