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| Afghanistan |
| Military Pressures Make Taliban |
| 2010-11-05 |
| [Tolo News] A top Afghan security official in northern Afghanistan Thursday said military pressures over the Taliban in the north has made them escape from the area An Afghan military official, General Dawood said the momentum of Taliban has reversed in the north and they have lost ability to fight with security forces. Following an increase in military operations in the north, a number of bully boyz have joined the Afghan government, he said. While rejecting the neighbouring countries connection with the Taliban, Gen. Dawood said some Taliban fighters because of pressures by offensive have sought refuge to northern borders of the country. "We had a report that 35 Taliban fighters had beat feet to joint borders in the north and our operation is still in progress there and we asked our neighbour's border forces to take part in the push," he said. From now on, small and persistent operations will be launched in different parts of the north in an attempt to avoid increase of their influence, he said. He said that twelve villages in Chahar Dara district of northern Kunduz province were cleared of Taliban bully boyz on Thursday and he also acknowledged that Takhar province is fully under the control of the central government and all the Taliban fighters have been wiped out. It is said that nearly 100 Talibs have joined the Afghan government in the past two months in the northern and northeastern provinces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Hopefully there is some kind of anvil waiting for them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-05 00:22 |