Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Tue 04/23/2024 View Mon 04/22/2024 View Sun 04/21/2024 View Sat 04/20/2024 View Fri 04/19/2024 View Thu 04/18/2024 View Wed 04/17/2024
2021-06-08 Afghanistan
Center of Ghor’s Shahrak District Falls to Taliban
[ToloNews] The center of Shahrak district in the central province of Ghor fell to the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
on Sunday evening, local officials confirmed on Monday.

Ghor governor Abdul Zahir Faiz Zada said security forces have evacuated all government offices in the center of the district to prevent civilian casualties in the festivities between security forces and the Taliban.

"Soon an operation will be launched by the security forces to retake (the center of the district)," he said.

Footage released on social media shows the Taliban has captured weapons and ammunition from security forces.

After taking Shahrak, the Taliban intensified attacks in Tolak, Dolina and on the outskirts of Ferozkoh, the lovely provincial capital, according to local officials.

On Saturday night the Taliban detonated a Humvee full of explosives at a security outpost in Sharak district, killing at least 10 security force members.

"The Taliban has taken four other security force members captive," sources from the province said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw...
officials in western Badghis province said that the Taliban have launched attacks in Aab Kamari, Qadis, Moqur and Jawand districts of the province.

"The Taliban has failed in their attempts in Jawand district," said Hassamuddin Shams, the provincial governor. "equipment has been provided to the security forces in the past two weeks and there are enough security forces. Also, the residents support the security forces in fighting the Taliban."

In Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Pashton Zarghon, Zenda Jan and Kohsan districts also witnessed attacks by the Taliban in the past two days, according to local officials.

"We have warned the government that the outcome of this would be bad and the insecurity in the district is threatening the security of Herat city," said Wakil Ahmad Karokhi, a member of the provincial council.

Civilians have been harmed in the fighting in the western parts of the country.

During recent attacks in Badghis, at least 11 civilians--including women and kiddies--were killed in a roadside mine blast.

No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the blast.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ]  Top
 File under: Taliban 

13:34 Besoeker
13:24 DarthVader
13:24 Besoeker
13:01 Super Hose
12:56 Super Hose
12:54 Super Hose
12:51 M. Murcek
12:45 Grom the Reflective
12:44 trailing wife
12:26 mossomo
12:25 Grom the Reflective
12:20 Tom
12:19 SteveS
12:08 M. Murcek
12:04 Frank G
12:04 Whiskey Mike
11:17 SteveS
11:08 Abu Uluque
11:04 Abu Uluque
11:01 SteveS
10:58 49 Pan
10:57 49 Pan
10:52 Super Hose
10:52 49 Pan









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com