...mindless ferocity in a turban...
in the northern province of 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 communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
on Thursday evening, the provincial governor’s front man Zabihullah Amani said.
He added that the clash happened in Korak Arabiya village on the outskirts of Sar-e-Pul city when a group of Taliban fighters attacked a security outpost.
The clash, which continued for two hours, left 10 security force members maimed, Amani said.
He added that nine Taliban fighters were killed and 13 others were maimed.
Amani said that a Taliban weapons cache was destroyed in an
...KABOOM!...
which was carried out during the clash.
The Taliban has not commented on the reported attack.
| Khaama Press reported events thusly: |
The officials further added that the security forces conducted the airstrike in the restive Sayad district of Sar-e Pul province.
"An airstrike in Sayad district killed five Taliban fighters and destroyed a small Taliban weapons cache," the officials said.