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Afghanistan Hails Report of C.I.A. Expanding Covert Operations to Kill Taliban
The C.I.A. is deploying small teams of highly experienced officers and contractors alongside Afghan forces to target Taliban militants across Afghanistan, according to two senior American officials who spoke to the New York Times.
The report claims that this is a part of the Trump administration counterterrorism efforts to force the Taliban insurgent group to join peace talks with the Kabul government.
Afghan defense ministry hails the move, saying more support is needed for Afghan soldiers and intelligence forces.
“Beside putting more pressures on Pakistan, [The U.S. and its allies] must bring heavy pressures over the terrorist groups in Afghanistan as well. It means that our army, our commando units and our intelligence units must be supported in order to eliminate the terrorist groups,”
Abdul Hai Akhundzada who is deputy of the parliament internal security commission told Ariana News,” If Taliban’s leaders or senior commanders targeted, the insurgent group will be defeated.”
The U.S. forces and Resolute Support (RS) commander, General John Nicholson, has promised during his visit to Kandahar province that the Taliban and other insurgent groups will be suppressed during the winter season by Afghan forces which will supported by the NATO personnel.
The report comes as the insurgent groups have intensified their offensive attacks on military basis and religious places across Afghanistan, killing and wounding at least 500 people only in the last one week.
By Farshad Saleh & Hesamuddin Hesam
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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