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Taliban Attacks Police Checkpoints in Farah, Killing Five
At least five policemen killed after Taliban militants attacked their checkpoints in western Farah province early on Tuesday, a local official said.
“Taliban attacked over two checkpoints in Shamal Gah village of the City this morning,” Khair Mohammad Noorzai, a member of Farah provincial council said. “As a result, five policemen martyred, one wounded and four others are still missing.”
Reports suggest that Taliban have taken away all equipments of the checkpoints after the raid.
Meanwhile, provincial governor spokesman Naser Mehri denied to make a comment about the report. But he said that Afghan security forces have killed 15 Taliban insurgents and wounded 10 others in an operation in Bala Buluk district of the province.
Residents of Farah urge the central government to deploy fresh troops to their province.
“Our demand from President Ashraf Ghani is to immediately deploy one thousand additional forces to save the people of Farah from being massacred,” Abdul Sattar Hussaini, a local elder said. “The current forces in Farah is incapable to prevent the ongoing crisis.”
Taliban have stepped up attacks against Afghan forces in the province in recent months.
On Monday, security forces recaptured Anar Dara district of the province, just hours after Taliban militants overran police and administrative offices, killing 12 security personnel including the district police chief.
Officials claim that Afghan security forces have killed 58 Taliban fighters including their shadow governor for Bala Buluk district of the province.
Over the weekend, Taliban killed 24 Afghan forces including 10 army commandos in Bala Buluk district.
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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Media Violation Commission bans two TV channels
The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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