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| Kandahar's Zherai District Cleared of Militants |
| 2011-07-05 |
| [Tolo News] Insurgents were wiped out of Zherai district in southern Kandahar province in an ongoing joint clean-up operation, a senior military commander said on Monday. Commander of Maiwand 404 zone in Kandahar, Salem Ehsas, said eight Taliban fighters have been killed and 22 others jugged in a joint operation launched last week in Zherai district, where top Taliban leaders were believed to live. No civilian structure has been harmed in the operation, officials said. Zherai district has been one of the dangerous places in southern Afghanistan with huge risks of bully boy activities and has long been the scene of some of the deadliest battles between Afghan cops and the Taliban. The Afghan commander said the Taliban have lost momentum to engage in a face-to-face fight with Afghan forces. Roadside mines, the deadliest tool of the Taliban that have claimed military and civilian lives, have been described the biggest threats ahead of forces and locals in Zherai district. "Zherai district was under enemy threat, because the Taliban had their court in the district," the commander said. "The district was also home to defence and justice ministers of the Taliban. In cooperation with residents, we launched a joint operation with our foreign partners that has been successful." Zherai located along the Pak mostly non-existent border was a hub for the Taliban Orcs and similar vermin infiltrating into Afghan soil from Pakistain's tribal belts. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Congratulations, and good luck keeping the vermin out. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-05 07:08 |