The Killid Group
13 Dec 2020
To go with 'Afghanistan-unrest-militias' FOCUS by Anuj Chopra
In this photograph taken on October 18, 2015, anti-Taliban armed Afghan fighters walk along the road during a patrol against Taliban insurgents at Jamshedi, on the outskirts of northern Faryab province. Riding on horseback and motorcycles, commander Naeem's fighters patrolled a fog-enveloped Taliban infiltration route in northern Afghanistan, as the government pushes to expand anti-insurgent militias exacerbating instability across a patchwork of fiefdoms. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
These pro-government Public Uprising Forces came under Taliban ambush when they were on way from Khan Abad to their homes in Bangi district of Takhar province, said the provincial police spokesman Khalil Aseer.
Clashes erupted between government forces and the Taliban fighters at a border point between Khan Abad ditrict of Kunduz province and Bangi district of Takhar province, the spokesman added.
The Taliban officials have yet to comment.
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