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Afghanistan
Dozens of Ghor Women Take Up Arms in Support of ANDSF
2021-07-05
[ToloNews] Dozens of women took up arms — some of them heavy weapons — and marched in the capital city of Feroz Koh to pledge their support the Republic and the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

The women said that the historical record of the five years of the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
regime proved that the group violates women’s rights.

Thousands of people have taken up arms in support of the Afghan forces as the fall of districts to the group continues.

"They are standing by their brothers and are supporting the system, the people, and the country’s illusory sovereignty," a Ghor resident said.

The exact number of those who have taken up arms against the Taliban is so far not clear. The defense and interior ministries said that these forces will eventually be combined with the local police, NDS local forces, and the local army forces.

"A situation that will later create bad consequences will not be allowed. They will first support us and then they will be included in the police, army or the local NDS forces," the acting minister of interior Gen. Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal said.

Atta Mohammad Noor, who leads a public mobilization movement in Balkh and has gone to Balkh districts to fight the Taliban, criticized some government officials for not cooperating with them in their campaign against the group.

"We hear some words from some sides asking why have they gone to the war? They should stay in the city and hand over the war to us. My brother, you are losing the war," Noor said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea, one that didn't involve kerosene...
the office of Ahmad Massoud, a public figure and son of the national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, said that former mujahideen leaders are making efforts to reorganize a new front against the Taliban by consulting politicians from the former resistance front.

"We hope that this front is announced and the public uprising forces become organized," said Saleh Mohammad Registani, a member of Ahmad Massoud’s political office.

There are questions about the achievements of the public uprising forces, but representatives of these forces said they have succeeded in preventing the fall of their towns to the Taliban.

"They have proved effective in defending the security belts on the outskirts of Kunduz city," said Rabbani Rabbani, a member of the Kunduz provincial council.

"So far, we have not seen proper support by the government for the people," said Abdul Basir Osmani, an MP from Badghis.
Related:
Feroz Koh: 2021-05-23 92 Talibs toes up across Afghanistan
Feroz Koh: 2021-01-02 Afghan Journalist Killed in Ghor, 6th in Two Months
Feroz Koh: 2020-10-19 12 killed by CarBomb targeting Afghan police
Related:
Ghor: 2021-07-02 Taliban Attack Pushed Back in Herat: Governor
Ghor: 2021-07-02 June Deadliest Month in Afghanistan in Two Decades
Ghor: 2021-06-28 Hundreds More Take Up Arms as Clashes Intensify
Related:
Public uprising forces: 2021-07-03 23 Killed in Taliban Attacks in Badakhshan, Baghlan: Sources
Public uprising forces: 2021-07-01 ANDSF Recaptures Parwan’s Shinwari District from Taliban
Public uprising forces: 2021-06-28 Commanders: Taliban Attempted to Take Pul-e-Khumri
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  ^ [clap clap claps]

A story of Saddamia,
a hit with Allah miyah
and cautionary tale
for wimmin of Islamia. ☺
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-07-05 06:13  

#4  ^
Good one Poodle,
wag your tail with pride.
Posted by: Fleregum Jones8496   2021-07-05 06:08  

#3  A tale of two little old ladies
Who feuded down by the Euphrates...
"She fired that grenade,
And I'd surely be daid
Were it not for Uday's new Mercedes."
Posted by: Jolugum Poodle9136   2021-07-05 05:51  

#2  ^Bravo! Hip, hip, Hurray!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-05 04:53  

#1  Dozens of women took up arms — some of them heavy weapons

This sweet old lady of Ghor
was lugging an RPG of yore.

"Do you know how it works?"
"Of course, pencil neck dorks."

"Point it. Pull this thingy.
And blow up that smug bitch next door!"

Posted by: Dron66046   2021-07-05 04:31  

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