Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province on Brink of Collapse: Local Official

[pakdefender]

Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province on Brink of Collapse: Local Official
News ID: 1132671 Service: World
July, 17, 2016 - 17:14

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants.
Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban.

The Taliban are tightening hold on the province and more areas are falling to them, he added.

Naderi said while the Taliban are in control of half of Uruzgan, heavy fighting is underway in the other half with the Afghan military and security forces, whom he said lack enough capability to hold back the militants.

Spokesman for Uruzgan’s governor Dost Mohammad Nayab, however, dismissed reports on the possibility of collapse of the province, stressing that Afghan military forces are in control of all cities of the province.

Back in May, the Afghan security forces began a push to break the Taliban’s hold on a crucial southern highway through Uruzgan Province.

While the most public and urgent security concerns in the south have been focused on the fighting in Helmand Province in recent months, the insurgency has also been slowly choking the city of Tirin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan.

Afghan government forces have launched operations against the Taliban in 18 provinces of Afghanistan as fighting has intensified since the start of the militants' spring offensive in April.


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[Path-Finder]

but our GHQ bashing friend tells us the opposite? what is the truth?

 

[shah1398]

but our GHQ bashing friend tells us the opposite? what is the truth?

U mean to say "ALL IS WELL" and "GHQ is behind everything going out there" mantra? Also anxiously waiting for some files released some buffoon out there crying that Pakistan be declared a bad boy.

 

[That Guy]

Can't blame Pakistan for ANA incompetence. If the ANA were good, the taliban wouldn't be spreading as much as they are, even if every single global power covertly supported them.

 

[Path-Finder]

Can't blame Pakistan for ANA incompetence. If the ANA were good, the taliban wouldn't be spreading as much as they are, even if every single global power covertly supported them.

U mean to say "ALL IS WELL" and "GHQ is behind everything going out there" mantra? Also anxiously waiting for some files released some buffoon out there crying that Pakistan be declared a bad boy.

GHQ GHQ GHQ GHQ GHQ GHQ

sorry I got sidetracked, but it will be used by the principality of Kabul for targeting Pak. Their incompetence is never their own fault. even with NATO backing them up they are useless.

 

[GiannKall]

Well we hear these reports for years. Fact is that as long as Americans have decided to stay in Afghanistan, Taliban wont take over power. On the other hand Kabul is incapable of imposing herself to the country which means that the civil war will continue as long as Americans are there. A mess really.

 

[That Guy]

Well we hear these reports for years. Fact is that as long as Americans have decided to stay in Afghanistan, Taliban wont take over power. On the other hand Kabul is incapable of imposing herself to the country which means that the civil war will continue as long as Americans are there. A mess really.

And the US government and elements in the Afghan government have continued to sabotage peace talks. The killing of mansour, whom was literally on the brink of starting talks with the Afghan government, was the third time it happened (that we publicly know about).

I firmly believe that if McCain won against Obama, we may have actually gotten a settlement in Afghanistan by now. Plus Iraq would be far more secure, and ISIS would still be a small organization under the command of a declining AQ.