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2021-07-05 Afghanistan
ANDSF Braces for Attacks on Major Cities, Highways, Border Areas
[ToloNews] Maj. Gen. Hibatullah Alizai, the commander of the Special Operations Corps, said that suppressing the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
is the top priority of the forces and that "strong belts" have been created for the protection of big cities, highways and border towns.

Alizai said there was a vast presence of Pak Taliban, especially Punjabis, in recent attacks by the Taliban,
Interesting.
and that "hundreds" of Taliban fighters have been killed in Afghan forces operations.

He stressed the need to retake the districts that have fallen to the Taliban.

He said that political, regional and social issues are behind the evacuation of dozens of districts by Afghan forces. He added that the issue will be investigated.

The general said that the Taliban wants to attack major cities but the Afghan forces are ready to thwart such plans.

"Our main goal is to inflict as many casualties on the enemy as possible. Besides that, our goal is to protect major cities, highways and key border towns that are important for our major cities and the country," he said.

Alizai, who returned from operations in Ghazni and 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...
on Saturday evening, said that foreign Taliban and al Qaeda gunnies have a presence among the Taliban.

"Pak Taliban are mostly seen these days and those Taliban who belong to Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

and those who even have Pakistain arm ID cards. The number of Afghan Taliban is dwindling," he said.

He added that at least 10,000 members of commando forces are engaged in suppressing the Taliban across the country and that their number will increase over time.

However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
there is criticism over how security in the country has been handled:

"If they had paid attention to the provinces, we would not be in the situation that we are today," said Daud Ghafoori, a Senator.

In the last two months, at least 120 districts have fallen to the Taliban, mostly in northern and northeastern Afghanistan.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top
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