How anti-Taliban fighters seized Afghan district on Pakistan borders
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How anti-Taliban fighters seized Afghan district on Pakistan borders
An armed anti-Taliban group claimed it briefly seized the Yaftal-e-Paeen district headquarters in Afghanistan's Badakhshan for hours before withdrawing. While the Taliban said it quickly restored control, if verified, it would mark the first known instance since it returned to power in 2021 when an Afghan district headquarters briefly slipped from its control.
For the first time in five years of Taliban rule, a district was lost to the group for several hours. On the morning of July 16, forces from a front known as the “Sepahian Mihan” (Homeland Soldiers) attacked the center of Yaftal district in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, and were able to take control of the district building and the Taliban headquarters. The front lowered the Taliban flag and raised its own flag over the Taliban …
Ex-US DELTA Force Aide & Afghan Commando LikelyEmployed by Pakistan against Taliban in Badakshan
For the first time since the Taliban crushed the National Resistance Front (NRF) in Panjshir Province, anti-Taliban armed opponents have achieved a significant operational milestone. Members of Sepahyan-e-Mehan (Homeland Soldiers Front), an insurgent group, successfully stormed and captured the headquarters of Yaftal district in the northeastern Badakhshan province on 16 July. Although the occupation lasted
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