20 years of war in Afghanistan
1: AFG Afghan National Army officer Abdul Bashir Hedayat was killed in the fighting against Taliban in Balkh province last night. The commando officer had studied in India 🇮🇳 and was widely respected as a formidable battlefield commander.
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Date: 26/05/2021
2: Officiallay confirmed: Two Afghan National Army officers killed in Balkh province of Afghanistan.
Commander Qand Agha Andarabi, killed in a roadside bomb blast while Commander Samad Khosti was killed in Dawlatabad district of same province.
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Date: 14/05/2020
3: Matiullah Barakzai Kang district Police chief in Nimroz province was killed. Taliban launched a large scale attack against the district, the district police HQ fell to the Taliban. Matiullah Barakzai was a formidable ANDSF commander.
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Date: 05/08/2021
4: Kang district Headquarters saw a large scale Taliban attack – a number of soldiers who fought and were latter on taken captive were latter on executed, according to multiple sources who shared photos with me.
Graphic Warning!
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Date: 05/08/2021
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