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Afghan Security forces (@NDSAfghanistan) report: “Afghan Special Forces killed 6 Al-Qaeda terrorists embedded within a Taliban unit in their hideout in Musa Qala, Helmand.”
That’s pretty significant for those following the peace talks: AQ embedded with the Taliban.
That’s pretty significant for those following the peace talks: AQ embedded with the Taliban.
2/ As @barbarastarrcnn notes, this comes just 2 weeks after President Trump rescinded the Camp David invitation to the Taliban; under those now-terminated talks the Taliban had pledged to end their support for Al Qaeda.
3/ More Starr: “US and Afghan forces Sunday night engaged in an hours long battle against Al Qaeda forces in Helmand province that the US says were being sheltered and supported by the Taliban. Both US and Afghan ground forces were wounded in the battle.”
4/ “...’One of the deal’s provisions would have been to cut ties with the Taliban and now we have an Al Qaeda cell there,’ a US Forces-Afghanistan official said.
5/ The coalition forces were targeting a senior Al Qaeda figure, the official said. Afghans IDed the target as Asim Umar a leader in AQIS.
6/US-Afghan forces also investigating this: “Provincial officials say at least 35 civilians were killed and 13 were wounded in an attack conducted by the Afghan military in southern Helmand Province.”
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