Afghanistan War Intel/Reports

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With Syria winding down... we may well see Afghanistan winding up.







Afghanistan - U.S. Resolved To Repeat Failures
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/09...campaigns.html



CIA Wants Authority to Conduct Drone Strikes in Afghanistan
Pentagon Fears Their Troops Would Face Backlash From CIA Attacks
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/09/15/c...n-afghanistan/




NYT
U.S. Plan for New Afghan Force Revives Fears of Militia Abuses
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/w...orld&smtyp=cur
(Meet the new plan, same as the old plan.)

Using Afghan Local Police, local militias as force multipliers...
who were trained and paid by the Americans but were accused of a long series of human violations,
including abuse of civilians and sexual abuse of boys.

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According to a White House statement released today, President Trump and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed that U.S. companies should aid in the development of Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...urce=applenews

U.S. President Donald Trump and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani agreed at a meeting in New York on Thursday that U.S. companies could help develop Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals, the White House said in a statement.

“They agreed that such initiatives would help American companies develop materials critical to national security while growing Afghanistan’s economy and creating new jobs in both countries, therefore defraying some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant,” the White House said.

The two leaders also expressed their commitment to fully implement Trump’s new South Asia strategy to defeat terrorism, the statement said.

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced on September 18 that the US will send more than 3,000 troops
bringing the total number of personnel serving in the country to at least 14,000. (pretty sure 'personnel' was admitted 2 B 22,000 )
On September 19, Lieutenant General of US Air Forces Central Command Jeffrey L. Harrigian announced that
the US has increased the number of deployed F-16 warplanes from 12 to 18.

At the same time, the US is pushing an effort to transit the Afghan Air Force (AAF) helicopter fleet from Mi-17 to UH-60 helicopters.
In total, the US is planning to deliver 159 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the AAF.
First few aircraft have already been delivered this week.

Despite this, the Taliban is continuing its expansion in the country’s north.
The Taliban captured Koz Pur, Bar Kano, Atish Khano and several other areas in Rabat Sangi district of Herat province
as well as attacked Afghan security forces in in Yaka Khana area in Almar district of Faryab province and in Shalgar district of Ghazni province.

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Afghanistan:

Conflict News- @Conflicts · 9 min.
AFGHANISTAN: Six rockets land near Kabul airport after US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives - @AlArabiya_Eng

Kabul air strike: US counter-attack causes civilian casualties
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41422498

Tragically, one of the missiles malfunctioned, causing several casualties,"
the Nato mission in Afghanistan, known as Resolute Support, said in a statement.

"Resolute Support deeply regrets the harm to non-combatants.
An investigation into the attack and the malfunctioning ammunition has begun."

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Everything's goin great. jus great.









On October 1, 10 Afghan Service Members Killed, 11 Injured In Friendly Fire Accident In Helmand Province
https://southfront.org/10-afghan-ser...mand-province/

On September 26, 2 Afghan policemen died and 3 were injured in a roadside bombing in Herat province. At the same day, 3 others died when a bombing targeted their checkpoint in Farah province.

On September 28, 12 policemen were killed in a Taliban suicide attack on a base of the Afghan Police in Maroof district of Kandahar province.

On September 29, an ISIS suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Qala-e-Fathullah area in Kabul city. 6 civilians were killed and 30 others injured, according to the government. ISIS claimed that 50 civilians were killed.

Meanwhile, the Taliban continued its attacks against the army and police across the country.
Taliban members attacked an army checkpoint in in Kunsak area of Bala Baluk district in Farah province.
9 soldiers were killed and 3 were captured.

The Taliban captured district in Kandahar Province and reportedly killed 46 army troops in the attack.


September 29
Taliban Captures Maruf District In Qandahar Province
https://southfront.org/afghanistan-t...ahar-province/

September 24
Suicide Bomber Attacked NATO Convoy In Afghanistan
https://southfront.org/suicide-bombe...y-afghanistan/



Sales are UP!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKCN1BU160
The Afghan Air Force took delivery of its first four U.S.-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters on Tuesday
as part of a planned replacement of its aging fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, officials said.

The U.S. plans to supply a total of 159 Black Hawks to Afghanistan in the coming years...

Afghanistan to Get 150 Scout Helicopters by 2022
http://thediplomat.com/2017/09/afgha...pters-by-2022/

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Hamid Karzai Special: Former President of Afghanistan on the legacy of US intervention



I have no respect for this man... a criminal oligarch who played all sides against the middle for an entire decade
but I wanted to see how he (now) rationalized his own bootlicking.

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RT-@RT_com 4 hod.
‘Leave our country’: Protesters in Afghanistan demand end of US ‘occupation’
https://www.rt.com/news/405903-afgha...test-invasion/










Meanwhile in Taliban training camp:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLd_X9eXcAAnMPb.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLd_dxEXcAslFbX.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLd_e_JW0AAUmNs.jpg:large

(prolly traded poppies for uni's w/ Dyncorp.)



SouthFront- @southfronteng 8 min.
88 Taliban Fighters Killed In Ongoing Operation Of Afghan Army
https://southfront.org/88-taliban-fi...medium=twitter

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Press TV Breaking- @BREAKING_PTV · 40 min.
UPDATE: At least 40 Afghan soldiers killed as Taliban Humvees ram into military base in Kandahar and explode
#BREAKING #Afghanistan


Pakistan News- @Pakistannews · 9 min.
41 soldiers feared dead as #Taliban attack #Afghan army camp in #Kandahar https://www.dawn.com/news/1364823


If US begins to behave as invader, Afghans would not accept occupation – ex-President Karzai

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At least 52 dead in two separate suicide bombings in Afghanistan today.
32 were killed in Kabul
and 20 killed in Ghor province.

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This should have been posted here:

A new Taliban tactic is racking up a huge body count in Afghanistan

Afghan Army Unit Nearly Wiped Out as New Taliban Tactic Takes Toll

By TAIMOOR SHAH and MUJIB MASHAL
OCT. 19, 2017

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan Army unit in the south of the country was almost completely wiped out on Thursday, defense officials said, in a Taliban attack that used what is becoming one of the group’s deadliest tactics: packing vehicles captured from security forces with explosives and driving them into military and police compounds.

At least 43 soldiers were killed in the predawn attack, out of a unit of 60 based in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement. Only two soldiers were found unhurt. Nine were wounded, and six were missing.

“The whole base is destroyed,” said Gen. Dawlat Waziri, a ministry spokesman. “When the clashes started, they detonated a car bomb close to the base, then clashes continued for a while and then they detonated another car bomb. They also had Humvees packed with explosives.”

Two similar attacks on Tuesday inflicted heavy casualties on Afghan security forces. In those episodes, more than 40 police officers were killed in Afghanistan’s southeast, in the provinces of Ghazni and Paktia. Both involved insurgents’ taking captured vehicles, including Humvees paid for by the United States military, packing them with explosives and detonating them at the compounds.

Considering the number of such vehicles at the Taliban’s disposal, security officials and analysts fear this tactic will inflict heavier casualties on Afghanistan’s already struggling security forces.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/w...-kandahar.html



A new Taliban tactic is racking up a huge body count in Afghanistan
Oct. 19, 2017

Afghan national army officers during a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) in Afghanistan, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

• The Taliban has been using captured US-made vehicles in deadly attacks on Afghan forces.
• The group has had a resurgence in recent months, retaking territory and killing scores of police and soldiers.
• The US is set to intensify its 16-year presence in the war-torn country.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-new...nistan-2017-10




Related

Taliban Reports Shocking to Americans
Tim King Salem-News.com For some the images are revolting, yet it is undeniable proof that the conflict in Afghanistan has been very costly.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Taliban press officials have contacted Salem-News.com and other Oregon news agencies, providing their latest news releases detailing Mujahideen combat operations against US and NATO forces, photos, and "New different video clips of killing Americans and Nato soldiers in Afghanistan".http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december082010/taliban-report-tk.php


Report: 152 Afghan trainees have gone AWOL in U.S. since 2005


7 U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Insider Attack in Afghanistan
nytimes
Jun 17, 2017 - KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven American soldiers were shot and wounded by an Afghan commando on Saturday, the second such insider ...

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Mysterious discrepancies spotted In Tillerson photographs with Afghanistan president
Fox News


Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (U.S. State Department and Office of the President of Afghanistan.)
An apparent crude attempt to alter photographs of a meeting between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday in Kabul has set the Internet abuzz with questions.



Related

Afghan Strategy: Is President Trump acting on his recent ultimatum for India's Modi?

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watch it before it gets scrubbed...


video mashup from the US SOFs Afghanistan. Among others, shooting into a truck just for a fun visible in the video...



see comments

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toldja

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Afghanistan:


Taliban Fighters Using High-Tech Gear Kill Afghan Forces
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/w...ghanistan.html

"Taliban insurgents using sophisticated night vision and laser targeting equipment overran Afghan Army positions...
The officials blamed what they said was a Taliban Red Unit,
an insurgent formation that has increasingly featured in attacks on government positions, especially at night.
“The unit is equipped with American weapons and night vision,” said Imamuddin Rahmani, a spokesman for the police in Kunduz."



Russia calls for soonest launch of direct talks between Kabul, Taliban, ready to provide platform - Foreign Ministry
Interfax

Conflicts in Arab countries should be settled without external meddling - Lavrov
Interfax

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AFGHANISTAN


Elizabeth McLaughlin
"The Taliban are in retreat, the Afghan military is on the brink of assuming control of the country..."
Three successive presidential administrations have said exactly that over 16 years about the war in Afghanistan.

NYT
Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won’t: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan
http://archive.is/EnPBY

"The US has for the first time banned its inspector in Afghanistan SIGARHQ from publishing data on how much of the country is controlled by the Taliban"
US censors Afghanistan report after surge in attacks
http://archive.is/BMj7l

1/30/18
Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42863116

Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat,
are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a BBC study has found.

Months of research across the country show how areas the Taliban threaten or control
have surged since foreign combat troops left in 2014.

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"The series of terror attacks that took place in Afghanistan in recent days proves that it is wrong to try to settle the Afghan situation by force",
Russian Foreign Ministry's press service said on Tuesday.

"We urge the Afghan authorities and armed opposition to establish a national dialogue for the purpose of peace and security in Afghanistan as soon as possible"

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Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, originally set for July 2015 and then reset for July 2018, may have to be rescheduled for October, an election official said Feb. 4 in a report from Reuters.

More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...-delayed-again

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Afghans gonna get to vote harder.

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Afghanistan


U.S. starts removing Russian weapons from Afghan national security forces - Russian president's representative
Interfax

RUSSIA OFFERS KABUL IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS REPAIRS, MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS OPERATED BY AFGHANISTAN - PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO INTERFAX

PENTAGON INTENTIONALLY OVERSTATED PRICE OF RUSSIAN MIL HELICOPTERS, MISREPRESENTED THEIR PROPERTIES AT SENATE DEBATE ON AFGHAN AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY

10:03
RUSSIA TO CONTINUE RENDERING MILITARY-TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING ON GRATIS TERMS - PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

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U.S. military pressure on Taliban hindering start of peaceful intra-Afghan dialogue - Russian Foreign Ministry
Interfax


Mattis sets new 'bombing record' w/ B-52s & Cruise Missile strikes









so much winning MAGA

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Afghan government to decide about Chinese military base: NATO



When asked about recent media reports about China plan to establish a military base in northeastern Afghanistan
in order to control Uyghur militants in the area, Stoltenberg said:
“It's impossible to solve the crisis in Afghanistan without close cooperation with the other countries in the region, and China is one of them.
But it's not for NATO to decide on whether China is going to have any kind of military presence in Afghanistan that’s for Afghanistan to decide.”

“As long as we support the government, respect the decisions of the Afghan government,
then I think the important message is that this is up for the Afghan government to decide.
We have seen the reports, but it's not for me, in a way, to have any… to give advice on that, it's for the Afghan government to decide.”


No deliberation on Chinese military base: NSC
https://www.pajhwok.com/en/subscript...ct_from=507005

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government on Saturday denied discussing the establishment of a Chinese military base in northeastern Afghanistan , rejecting rumors and media reports in this regard.

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RUSSIA WORRIED ABOUT EXPANSION OF ISIL INFLUENCE IN AFGHANISTAN, ATTITUDE OF U.S., NATO TOWARDS THE GROUP - LAVROV

15:18
UNITED STATES, NATO DENY PRESENCE OF ISIL IN AFGHANISTAN; MOSCOW HAS INFO THERE ARE OVER 1,000 MILITANTS FROM SYRIA, IRAQ THERE - LAVROV

RUSSIA, PAKISTAN TO CONTINUE JOINT ANTITERRORIST DRILLS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS - LAVROV

RUSSIA TO FACILITATE CONSOLIDATION OF PAKISTAN'S COUNTERTERRORIST POTENTIAL - LAVROV


(ISIS in Afghanistan is obviously considered a western proxy to be fought on multiple fronts including Pakistan.)

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The Taliban issued a statement on Feb. 26 reiterating a call to hold direct talks with the United States and underscoring the futility of a military solution to the conflict, Arab News reported Feb. 27.

https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...irect-talks-us


Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said the government is willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party if the two reach a ceasefire agreement, CNN reported Feb. 28. Ghani also offered to remove sanctions against Taliban members who participate in peace talks, denounce violence and recognize the Afghan government.

https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...olitical-party

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ISIS video from Afghanistan was released:

Pawel Wójcik @saladinAlDronni
Very interesting release. A lot of allegiance pledging, some of them i reported here in November/December.
Also, new stock footage from Jowzjan, previously unseen perspective of Islamic State's rule in Darzab and in the area, Tora Bora, Wazir Tangi.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXeEZZPW4AAYh8e.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXeEdH2W4AU2UVt.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXeEh6SX0AEbxGl.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXeK0w9X0AMrZbX.jpg:large
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXeK_OvW0AEVPom.jpg:large



This is bad for Russia and the whole region and goes in accordance with claims that US transports ISIS members,
especially high ranked commanders, from Iraq/Syria to Afghanistan...
This is not NATO failure, this is a part of their/globalist strategy.

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‘The war is over.” — Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Afghanistan (April 2002)

“I believe victory is closer than ever before.” — Vice President Mike Pence in Afghanistan (December 2017)

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US buys Afghanistan “Eliminator” attack planes—Cessnas with Hellfires

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/us-buys-afghanistan-hellfire-armed-cessnas-to-fight-taliban/

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https://twitter.com/Ruptly/status/984071219359166464

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Afghan Security Force Numbers Tumble as Taliban Maintains Territorial Grip
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2...ritorial-Grip/



Afghan security forces dropped by 11 percent between 2017 and 2018. (Beuller? Bueller?)
(so much WINNING!!!! Let's stay INDEFINITELY!! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!)

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moar 2018 winning...


Secretary of State Pompeo Travels to Afghanistan, Calls for Peace Talks
Rand on FNC: Why have we been in Afghanistan for 17 years?
Trump's wars 2018: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan at near-record level this year
Ben Swann: A TRILLION U.S. Tax Dollars Total Wasted ‘Rebuilding’ Afghanistan
Trump's "No Nation-Building" Folly in Afghanistan: No Nation-Building, No Peace
Rand Paul's Full Court Press on Afghanistan Deescalation
Afghanistan Implements New Electronic Identity Cards
(hahhhaaaaaaaa lolollol... )




meanwhile yesterday... in Afghanistan

Trump 'peace talks' with Taliban r going splendid.


Ghazni



►Afghanistan's seventh largest city population around 150,000 people.
►strategically located (for thousands of years) along highway 1 between Kabul and southern Afghanistan
►capital of Ghazni Province, situated 7,280 ft above sea level, 150 km south of Kabul

https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/...51616540061702

video
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...99865510617088

Taliban took out ANDSF convoy at the outskirts of Ghazni Footage was from yesterday Afghanistan
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...46181562028032


Drexl Spivey
Another pro Govt. account is confirming:
►Only NDS HQ and Provincial building are under Govt. control while other parts of the city Taliban controls.
►More then 90 killed soldiers at least 113 wounded. Corpses are all over the streets Afghanistan

►Police HQ of Ghazni province fell.
►If this trend continues Ghazni will be cleared of Govt. presence by tomorrow.
►Sign that dynamic of Afghanistan war is changing.

The leader of pro Govt. militia Chengis has been severely wounded during clashes in Ghazni.





Reports that the new Govt. reinforcements, this time backed by USA NATO troops are coming from Wardak

►Reports that more NATO USA troops are on the way to Ghazni
►Some of them were stuck in clashes with IEA insurgents in Saydabad district of Wardak

Drexl Spivey added:

►@ResoluteSupport convoy is on it's way to #Ghazni.
►They departed Kabul after ANSDF failed to retake Ghazni from the Taliban militants.


NYT
Taliban Launch Assault on Ghazni, a Key Afghan City
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/w...an-ghazni.html

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Govt. soldiers joined the Taliban ranks in Chamkani district / Paktia Afghanistan (strategic 2nd valley into Pakistan)
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...39778248564736

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Pro Tip: The Taliban will NEVER make 'peace' w/ the hegemons. Ever.
(and it doesn't matter what the Afghani puppetgov says or does...
the west is just bleeding money into a crime syndicate.... keeping the poppies & uranium going.)
The Taliban are collecting trophies and future strength.

Russia/Iran & China r simply waiting for Trump/MadDog 'Coalition' to GTFO and declare
some sort of face saving 'victory' in Syria and Afghanistan....
Putin just threw them a 'bone' (war reconstruction... if they take it = Western 'Unilateralism' is over. wait/watch...)
then
Taliban/Russia/Iran & China r going to exterminate the imported ISIS mercs on their doorstep.


Roiders
Afghan Taliban delegation visits Uzbekistan to talk security, power lines
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKBN1KX056
(the hegemon mouthpiece puts their own spin on this... but read btw the lines... it tells you all you need to know).

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What/Who r the Pashtuns?
(they're the Taliban silly... oh wait... the Pakistanis just elected one President.
The plot thickens.)

https://twitter.com/realDougBell/sta...12378404782080

The thing to be remembered is that the Taliban are primarily a Pashtun movement;
Pashtuns constitute the single largest ethnic group in multi-ethnic Afghanistan
and have traditionally dominated national Afghan politics over several hundred years.
While unquestionably following a kind of Wahhabi-style Islamic rule,
they also represent a powerful Pashtun ethnic impulse.
Many Afghan Pashtuns dislike the Taliban but they generally also wish to see Pashtuns maintain power in Afghanistan.
This same ethnic issue matters a lot when it comes to Pakistan.

moar...
Election Results Could Be Good for Pakistan, Bad for US
https://www.strategic-culture.org/ne...ad-for-us.html



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https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...03525202505728


Drexl Spivey
The amount of causalities in Ghazni province during 4 days of clashes is simply astonishing.
Over 100 commando's are missing in Ajristan district. Pure bloodbath

https://twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1028887490281844737

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https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...05129578622977


Paktia Afghanistan (strategic 2nd valley into Pakistan)

https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...08049552412673


(Meanwhile, government claims/tweeting everything is under control... )