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Taliban, Pakistani militias intensify clashes in Paktia’s Dand Wa Patan district
Pakistani militias siding with the Taliban fighters are engaged in clashes with security forces in Paktia province, inflicting heavy casualties on the Afghan forces, a local official claimed.
Eid Mohammad Ahmadzai, district governor for Paktia’s Dand Wa Patan – one of the districts located along with the so-called Durand Line – says that Pakistani militias, along with the Taliban militants and Pakistani militia carry out coordinated attacks of Afghan forces in the district
Ahmadzai claimed that recently many Quetta council members have entered the district, resulting in augmented insecurity.
Concerning about the security situation, residents of Dand Wa Patan ask the government to back-up and equip security forces in the district.
Dand Wa Patan district is 29 kilometers from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Parachinar district, most of which have no security forces, and the Taliban and other groups can easily enter Afghanistan. Locals want security checkpoints in the area.