...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
provinces of Afghanistan.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said at least 19 Talibs including two of their key commanders were killed during the operations in Sayad district of Sar-e-Pul province during the past two weeks.
The statement further added that the two key Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
commander'>Taliban Überstürmbannführers killed during the operations have been identified as Qari Karim and Mawlavi Yaqoub.
The 209th Shaheen Corps in a separate statement said at least 6 Talibs have been killed and 4 others have sustained injuries since the launch of Pamir-10 operations in Baghlan province.
Three Ford Ranger type vehicles have also been confiscated during the operations and two depots containing clothes and weapons have also been destroyed, the 209th Shaheen Corps added.