LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Air strikes against Taliban outfit in Helmand province had killed 40 militants and injured 45 others, said provincial government in a statement released here Tuesday.
“The air strikes conducted against Taliban convoy in Tarikh Nawar locality between Marja and Nawa districts Sunday evening, leaving 40 rebels dead and 45 others injured,” the statement asserted.
According to the statement, the Taliban convoy was going from Nawa district to Marja district to fight government forces, but the government forces in pre-emptive strikes destroyed the convoy and foiled their designs.
Eight militants, according to the statement, were also killed in the neighboring Gereshk district on Sunday evening.
Taliban militants who have been challenging the government forces in several districts of Helmand province haven’t commented.
Notorious for growing poppy and militancy, the restive Helmand province with Lashkar Gah as its capital 555 km south of Kabul has been the scene of increasing insurgency over the past couple of years.
Other Security News
*
*
*
*
* ***** AN IMMEDIATELY URGENT
* NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
* “PEACE CONFERENCE” ON AFGHANISTAN:
* >
* >
* >
* >
* >
*
* WE ASK ALL
* THE SAVAGE
* INVADERS TO: LEAVE THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN ALONE
* AND
*
* LET THEM BUILD UP THEIR OWN COUNTRY
* AND
* SHATTERED LIVES.
*
*
*
*
* THE “KEY-ATTENDEES”, FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION, MUST INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY ESSENTIAL, ( DIRECT OR INDIRECT), PARTIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS : ••
*
* •
* •
* •
* • 1- All the resistance forces in Afghanistan
*
* 2- NATO ALLIANCE
*
* 3- All neighboring countries of Afghanistan.
*
* 4- Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia.
*
* 5- Also, active participation and observation of United Nations and Vatican would definitely enhance the prospects for a mutually respectful and impartial resolution.
*
* We must urge a cessation to all hostilities and an end to this savage “INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT” in Afghanistan.
*
*
*
*
* * BROTHERS AND SISTERS !
*
* * WE MUST STOP THE WAR CRIINALS AND THIS MADNESS OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS.
*****
WE ARE 100% SURE
* THAT A RESPECTFUL AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT, FOR ALL PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN, IS POSSIBLE. ***** *****
*
*
*
*
* * PLEASE; SHOW YOUR HONORABLE SUPPORT !