KUNDUZ CITY (SW): Residents in Imam Saheb district in northern province Kunduz said that Taliban have established a training and IED center in the district which shares border with Tajikistan.
They said that besides the Taliban, there are also foreign fighters who are trained in these military training centers.
Gen. Mohiuddin Ghori, Commander of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in Kunduz, confirming the news, said that Taliban use Imam Saheb district as their training centers.
He assured the residents that he would do his best to dismantle and dislodge Taliban’s centers soon.
The residents said that civilians bear the brunt of the artilleries fired by ANSF rather than the Taliban.
They added that the fighting has displaced nearly 2,000 families.
Imamuddin Quraishi, District Chief in Imam Saheb, said that Taliban have captured 40 percent of the district and if the government didn’t start launching mop-up operations to suppress them, they would pose even greater threats.
He urged upon government to send supporting forces to fight the militants in the district.
Taliban right after capturing Kunduz, took control of Imam Saheb where their fighters have presence in a large swaths of the district.
Local officials said that winter would provide a good opportunity for security forces to fully clear the province of the militants.
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