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MoD Claims Success in Volatile Helmand
Officials in the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) claims that nothing is threatening southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Taliban militant groups are fully controlling two districts of the strategically important province right now, but provincial police chief says they are equipped and prepared to defend the province at any cost.
Nad Ali, Nawa, Garmsir, Grishk, Marja, Nawzad, Khanshin and Lashkar Gah are districts where Taliban have a presence. However, the militant groups have performed attacks against the Afghan forces in another five districts.
Currently, the militants and Afghan forces are fighting against each other in three districts.
“Helmand is having a better condition now, Afghan forces are fighting in all insecure provinces. Right now a coordinated operation is underway in Sangin district of Helmand,” told MoD spokesman Gen. Dawlat Waziri.
Unverified reports suggest that Afghan forces are short with equipments in Helmand; therefore, Taliban are advancing in the contested areas.
“Troops are in a good condition, we are fully equipped. Our forces do not have time to get military educations as they are busy fighting the insurgents,” said provincial police chief Agha Noor Keintoz.
However, provincial council officials complains about the security situation of the province.
“Right now a number of districts including the capital Lashkar Gah is in a critical condition,” said provincial council chief Mohammad Karim Attal.
Helmand is among the volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where a large number of Taliban militant groups are actively operating.
Recently, the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah travelled the province to assess the security situation with local and military officials and ordered all forces to eliminate the enemy before the spring.
Reported by: Ali Asghari
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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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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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