Janikhil District of Paktia Again Falls to Taliban

Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:20 Price: Afs.20 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY .AUGUST 11. 2017 -Asad 20, 1396 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime AT News Report roadside mine discovered and seized, in Gelan district of KABUL: At least 51 militants Ghazni province, two Taliban were killed and 34 others were terrorists were killed and five wounded in different crackdowns others were wounded. By Farhad Naibkhel Mirza-Olang cruelly civilian insisted that the perpetrators of been trapped in Taliban and Daesh Mirzolang the area has been fallen within past 24 hours. Similarly, in Alishing bloodshed,” said Attorney General the incident will be brought before captivity in the village were to Taliban and Daesh Saturday. In a press release issued here, district of Laghman, two KABUL: The Attorney of Afghanistan Farid Hamidi. justice, even if they are inside or rescued after four days. Also over 400 families Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said insurgents were killed and General Office (AGO) on He said that massacre has outside the country. The militants The villagers, mostly children, displaced from Mirza-Olang that Afghan National Army (ANA) another injured, in Khogiani Thursday said that Mirza- shock conscience of humanitarian after capturing Mirza-Olang village women and elderly people, who village to the nearby districts in in collaboration with Afghan district of Nangarhar one rebel Olang brutally massacre by in 21th century. Initial reports on Saturday have killed more than spent four days under militants’ Sar-e-Pul. National Police (ANP) and killed and two wounded. Also Taliban and Daesh will be reveal that it was an act against 50 villagers including women and captivity, were released with the However Taliban had rejected National Directorate of Security two Taliban fighters were investigated seriously in humanitarian, he added. He children, while taking more than mediation of local elders, today civilians’ massacre and said only (NDS) personal has conducted killed and two other wounded Northern Sar-e-Pul province. ensured people and government 150 families in captivity for the afternoon. 28 pro-government fighters had joint operations against insurgents in Balamorghab district of “We and our colleague for conducting an independent, past four days, according to local Army combatant big convoy been killed in face to face battle in different areas Nangarhar, Badghis. declare to start a serious, broad sincere and transparent officials. reached on Wednesday to Sayad and no more people were harmed Laghman, Kapisa, Paktia , Paktika, In past 24 hours, 20 planed and exact investigation for investigation in Mirza-Olang. He Over 200 civilians, who had district of Sar-e-Pul to recapture after they took the village. Ghazni, Kandahar , Badghis , clearing operations, 22 special Baghlan , Faryab, Farah operations and three night raids Badakhshan, Zabul and Helmand conducted in 14 provinces; Pakistan most likely engineered provinces. Statement said that in also, Air forces conducted 83 these operations 51 Taliban were aerial operations supporting Mullah Mansour’s death: Report Janikhil district of Paktia killed and 34 others were injured. Afghan National army During these operations, in including 10 strikes on New Your Times reports that the death of Taliban commander Poshtroad district of Farah enemy’s sanctuaries. Mullah Mansour was most likely engineered by Pakistan’s ISI. province, 26 insurgents were killed ANA discovered and again falls to Taliban and 24 others wounded, in confiscated weapons and In the hours before he was stay united.” The report said that Maiwand district of Kandahar, 18 ammunition in the operations killed in an American drone it is rare for a Taliban commander Taliban insurgents have again insurgents were killed and o18 as well. strike, Mullah Akhtar to sit for an interview, but this one taken the Janikhil district of eastern Muhammad Mansour, the spoke on the condition that his Paktia province after heavy clashes Taliban leader, knew name or location not be made with security forces late something was wrong, public, because he had recently Wednesday, a security source has according to a New York defected from the insurgents’ ranks told TOLOnews. The Taliban 4 held with explosives in Times report. and his life was under threat. More insurgents again attacked the The report said that he than a year after the incident, district on Tuesday and clashed Nangarhar’s Momand Dara was on his way home from a Afghans on both sides of the war with security forces. “The district secret visit to Iran in May and a growing number of Western fell into hands of the Taliban on JALALABAD : Security forces He added 900 explosive Wednesday night as the security 2016, driving across a remote security analysts say that Pakistan forces retreated from the area,” the have arrested four people and fuses and 3,500 metres long stretch of southwestern most likely engineered Mullah source said. “The security forces recovered explosives from two wire used in insurgent Pakistan, when he called his Mansour’s death to remove a asked for air support during the vehicles in the Momand Dara activities were captured. brother and relatives to prepare Taliban leader it no longer trusted, district of eastern Nangarhar Hussainkhel assured the clashes, but did not receive a district is once again in the hands shortcomings of police in the them for his death. the report said. “Pakistan was response and retreated from the of the Talban. Before the latest volatile region. Prior to the latest province, an official said on security forces were alert in “He knew something was making very strong demands,” the district as a result,” the source attacks, local officials had said that capture of Paktia by the Taliban, Thursday. all areas to thwart plans for happening,” a former Taliban former commander said. added. There are no reports of the lack of sufficient security police officials warned that if more Col. Mohammad Ayub subversive activities. commander, who was close to “Mansour was saying you cannot casualties as yet, officials said. forces last week led to the collapse government forces were not Hussainkhel, commander of the The same brigade Mullah Mansour’s inner circle, force me on everything. I am Janikhil also fell to the Taliban of the strategic district. They called dispatched to the area, there was border police brigade, told recently captured a huge said in an interview. “That’s running the insurgency, doing the insurgents two weeks ago, but the on the central government, the possibility that Janikhail Pajhwok Afghan News officials quantity of ammonium why he was telling his family fighting and taking casualties and security forces retook control of particularly the Ministry of would once again fall to the Taliban from the 6th battalion made the nitrate, a substance use in members what to do and to you cannot force us.” (ToloNews) the district on Friday. Now the Interior (MoI), to address the insurgents. (ToloNews) arrests and recovery on a tip-off. bomb making. (Pajhwok) FRIDAY .AUGUST 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. 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