...Arabic for students...
attack in eastern Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for
Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
province of Afghanistan, inflicting heavy casualties on assailant hard boys.
The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said a large group of Talibs attacked the Afghan Local Police (ALP) check post in Islamabad area of Alisheng district.
The statement further added that ALP forces effectively responded to the attack before the forces of Evil could overrun the check post.
According to 201st Silab Corps, the security forces killed 6 Talibs and maimed 10 others during the clash.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the clash so far.