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Around 200 NATO soldiers, mainly Italians, have been deployed to Afghanistan's volatile western province of Farah, officials confirmed, after attempts by Taliban fighters in recent months to overrun its capital city.
Source => https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/nato-deploys-200-soldiers-farah-province
Afghan government forces have pushed back the Taliban from the capital of Farah Province in western Afghanistan, close to the Iranian border, officials say.
"Subdued" fighting was continuing in Farah city's outskirts, and Afghan forces were being supported with U.S. airpower and advisers, a NATO spokesman said on May 16.
The attack, the first major assault targeting a provincial capital since the militants announced their annual spring offensive, began early on May 15 when several security checkpoints in the provincial capital were overrun.
Source => https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan...iban-from-western-city-of-farah/29229458.html
The US military helped Afghan troops repel a major Taliban attack on the Afghan provincial capital Farah on Tuesday and Wednesday that punctured the security perimeter surrounding the city, US and NATO officials tell CNN.
It was unclear how close the Taliban came to capturing the city, which would have represented a major blow to the Afghan government. The insurgents claimed they briefly seized the city center, while the NATO-led coalition said it saw no direct evidence that they ever made it into the city.
Source => https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/us-troops-taliban-attack-afghanistan/index.html
Source => https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/nato-deploys-200-soldiers-farah-province
Afghan government forces have pushed back the Taliban from the capital of Farah Province in western Afghanistan, close to the Iranian border, officials say.
"Subdued" fighting was continuing in Farah city's outskirts, and Afghan forces were being supported with U.S. airpower and advisers, a NATO spokesman said on May 16.
The attack, the first major assault targeting a provincial capital since the militants announced their annual spring offensive, began early on May 15 when several security checkpoints in the provincial capital were overrun.
Source => https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan...iban-from-western-city-of-farah/29229458.html
The US military helped Afghan troops repel a major Taliban attack on the Afghan provincial capital Farah on Tuesday and Wednesday that punctured the security perimeter surrounding the city, US and NATO officials tell CNN.
It was unclear how close the Taliban came to capturing the city, which would have represented a major blow to the Afghan government. The insurgents claimed they briefly seized the city center, while the NATO-led coalition said it saw no direct evidence that they ever made it into the city.
Source => https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/us-troops-taliban-attack-afghanistan/index.html
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