...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...
province of Afghanistan.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said Friday that the clash took place in the vicinity of Do Aaba area of the district today which ended after almost four hours of clash.
The statement further added that 7 Talibs were killed in the clash and 5 other were maimed during the clash which ended at a3:40pm local time.
According to 209th Shaheen Corps, the clash started at around noon time after Talibs attacked a military convoy in Do Aab area but was repulsed after the armed forces received artillery and air support.
The 209th Shaheen Corps also added that four armed members of the armed forces also sustained injuries during the clash and two vehicles were partially damaged.
The military convoy has now reached to the operations site in the outskirts of Refugees Camp and Township, the statement by 209th Shaheen Corps added.