Rebel leader among 4 killed in Ghazni clash

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Four Taliban, including one of their commanders, have been killed in a clash with police in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Friday.

The gunbattle was triggered by an overnight insurgent attack on a post of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) force in the area, Fazal Rahman Nazarwal, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Security forces seized four weapons, a walkie-talkie and a night-vision goggle from the attackers a s a result of the three-hour, the district chief said, identifying the local rebel commander as Wahidyar.

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By Saifullah Maftoon May 10, 2013 - 11:43

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Afghan Commander Says 13 Foreign Militants Killed

KANDAHAR -- An Afghan military commander claims to have killed 13 Pakistani and Arab militants during an ongoing military sweep in Ghazni province.

General Daud Wafadar, commander of Afghan National Army forces in Ghazni, told REF/RL Radio Mashaal on April 25 that the militants were killed in a joint Afghan-NATO operation that began one day earlier.

Wafadar said the operation targeted the Qarabagh district of Ghazni, which is partly controlled by Afghan Taliban fighters.

Afghan troops are conducting the ground operations with air support from NATO.

Wafadar says a key militant leader, Qari Nusrat, also has been captured by Afghan government troops.

Authorities in Ghanzi recently warned of possible infiltrations by Arab, Pakistani, and Chechen militants.

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7 insurgents killed in Ghazni operations

Map of the districts of Ghazni province of Afghanistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Seven Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded during separate operations in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.

Four armed rebels were killed and three others were wounded during a joint operation of Afghan and foreign troops in the Qarabagh district, the 203rd Thunder Military Corps’ commander Gen. Daudshah
Wafadar told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Without revealing the time and date, he said the joint troops were unhurt in the operation.

Elsewhere in the province, three insurgents were killed in a NATO airstrike in Dehyak district, according to Wafadar, who added that ground troops detained another two insurgents trying to flee the area.

With no Taliban spokesman available for comments, the commander said the operation was still ongoing.

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by Mirwais Himmat

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Top militant commander held in Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers on Sunday detained a top Taliban commander during an operation in southern Ghazni province.

The militant leader was held with a motorbike and a walkie-talkie in the Kalakhel area between Qarabagh and Andar districts, the 203rd Thunder Military Corps commander said.

Gen. Daud Wafadar said commander Mullah Abdul Wahid -- operating in Andar and Qarabagh --was a resident of Waghaz district.
The detainee was shown to media people later in the evening.

by Mirwais Himmat / Pajhwok News

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