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Bismillah
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 06:41
KANDAHAR, Jul. 10 – Heavy fighting took place in the various areas of Kandahar city on Monday initiated by martyrdom seeking Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate amid operation Al-Farooq, according to officials.
The attacks began at around 02:00 pm local time when a car bomb was set-off near the police headquarters, bringing down the adjacent wall and removing all the enemy barriers after which 4 martyrdom seekers (Abdul Ahad and Abdul Waddod both residents of Kandahar; Hafiz Haroon and Abdul Wali) armed with heavy and light arms as well as explosives vests stormed inside and began
attacking the enemy among whom Abdur Raziq, the provincial chief was also present initially. 22 special border police guards of the puppet provincial chief were killed while dozens of others were wounded.
While the fighting was ongoing inside the police HQ, 2 other martyrdom seekers (Hamid and Jan Muhammad) engaged reinforcement troops on Ciftan Mada intersection while 2 others in Shahidano intersection, triggering a deadly battle in which several enemy were killed, their weapons seized and used against other hireling troops. Then the Mujahideen took up positions Momtaaz Hotel and prevented the enemy from getting close to the police headquarters.
Mujahideen also engaged reinforcements in Hazrat Ji Baba by initially detonating a car bomb and then bringing them under armed attacks, killing and wounding several.
According to reliable information, a total of 35 enemy troops were killed in these operation and 22 others were wounded including key enemy officers whereas several enemy vehicles and tanks as well as buildings were destroyed and badly damaged.
It is worth mentioning that 4 Mujahideen (Lutfullah, Abdul Salam, Ameenullah and Abdul Sattar) were also martyred in the attacks while all the Mujahideen inside the police HQ embraced martyrdom at 09:00 pm (may Allah grant all of them the highest ranks in Jannah).
By Qari Yousuf Ahmadi
