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| Clashes, Shelling in Torkham Displace Around 800 Families |
| 2025-03-07 |
| [ToloNews] Around 800 families in Torkham have been forced to leave their homes due to intermittent festivities and shelling attacks by Pak forces. Local residents told TOLOnews that Pakistain’s missile attacks have caused massive damage to their homes and shops. Abdul Haq, a resident of Torkham Township, said that four nights ago he was forced to leave his home due to attacks by Pak forces and seek shelter in a safer area. Abdul Haq added: "Shells were coming from Pakistain, I didn’t know where they would land, but we fled and found shelter here. That night, it was also raining, and we bravely ran away with our children and women." "We left under very difficult conditions while bullets were being fired. We took the children out, but we didn’t even have blankets or quilts with us," said Roqil, another displaced person in Torkham. Some of the displaced people claim that Pak forces do not have the capability to fight face-to-face with the forces of the Islamic Emirate, which is why they target civilians and workers. "It is the month of Ramadan; whether we had dry or fresh food, we should have been able to eat it in our homes, but now we are displaced here," Nasib Gul, a resident of Torkham, told TOLOnews. Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's knife out of his hand...... local officials have announced efforts to provide urgent assistance to the displaced people. Baz Mohammad Abdul Rahman, head of the Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. department of refugees and repatriation, told TOLOnews: "Around 800 families have been displaced from the areas near Torkham. Organizations under the supervision of the department of refugees and repatriation are conducting surveys, and assistance will be provided shortly." Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, head of the Omari camp in Torkham, said about the aid to the displaced: "Several organizations have arrived, and the survey process is ongoing to assist them." This comes as the Torkham crossing has been closed to all movement by Pakistain for the past 13 days, leaving hundreds of passengers, emergency patients, and thousands of cargo trucks stranded at the crossing. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 To be fair, Whiskey Mike, it’s the mighty Pakistani army that’s shelling the Afghans just over the border. It’s near the Khyber Pass, home to Pashtun tribals on both sides of the border. So the Army of the Pure is supremely uninterested in avoiding harm to any of them, whether nominally Pakistani or nominally Afghan. Besides, the Brits are allowing their people to be brutally conquered by the “Asians” they’ve been importing for going on two generations. Without the need to exert themselves to fire off artillery at them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-03-07 17:29 |
| #1 Hah. Torkham 'sounded' British when I first read the headline. Thankfully, Brits are NOT YET shelling their own populace. Yet. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2025-03-07 15:10 |