...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and other holy warrior groups, the Deputy Commander of the Shaheen Corps, Gen. Adam Khan Matin, said.
Officials from 209 Shaheen Military Corps in north said in the security and defense forces operations, around 3,771 faceless myrmidons were killed of whom 64 of them were imported muscle.
| Around 64 of the 3,771 faceless myrmidons killed in the operations were foreign nationals. |
Sources said that security forces also suffered heavy causalities during this year in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, but Matin rejected the claims.
"No security outpost of Afghan forces is under siege in the north and northeastern provinces of the country," Matin added.
Operation Walid 40 in Balkh, operation Toofan 25 in Kunduz and Operation Shaheen 1 in Baghlan are ongoing against holy warriors, he said.
Army soldiers in the north said they are ready to defend the country and the people to the last drop of their blood.
"We do not lack anything in terms of equipment and we are ready to stand against the enemy in any situation," said Zamir Sayedkhaili, a security force member in Balk.
"We are ready to defend our soil and our country. We will not allow anyone to destabilize the country," said Toi Mohammad, an Afghan soldier.
The remarks come as that according to local officials who talked to TOLOnews, Kohistan
...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns....
at district in Sar-e-Pul
...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...
, Darzab district in Jawzjan and some other parts of the northern provinces are under the control of Taliban.
Military analysts said the battles will increase with the arrival of the new war season.