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Afghanistan updates: Caretaker President Amrullah Saleh loyalists attack Charikar, say reports
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Afghanistan updates: Caretaker President Amrullah Saleh loyalists attack Charikar, say reports

| @indiablooms | 18 Aug 2021, 11:55 am

Kabul/IBNS: Unconfirmed reports indicate that forces loyal to caretaker Afghanistan President Amrullah Saleh moved from the Panjshir valley and attacked the Charikar district of Parwan province (north of Kabul).

Another force under Uzbek leader Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum has attacked from the North, indicating an attempt to link up.

Meanwhile, residents of Panjshir (all of which remains outside Taliban control) have hoisted old Northern Alliance flags in the area.

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McKenzie warned that any attack on the airport would be met with overwhelming force.

Meanwhile, Taliban militants were using harsh crowd control measures on the road leading to the airport.

Amrullah Saleh | Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Amrullah Saleh | Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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