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Taliban overruns Afghan district, kills governor | FDD's Long War Journal
Bill Roggio
The Taliban overran the district of Khwaja Omari and killed at least eight people, including the district governor, earlier today. Seven policemen were also killed in the attack. Khwaja Omari was considered to have been one of the more secure districts in Ghazni province.
The attack and death of Ali Shams Dost, the district governor, and seven policemen was confirmed by the Ghazni provincial police, according to TOLONews. Nine other policemen were wounded during the fighting.
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The security situation in Afghanistan has progressively declined since the US withdrew the bulk of its forces by 2014 and handed over security to Afghan forces. LWJ has assessed that 46 percent of Afghanistan’s 407 districts are controlled (38 districts) or contested (151 districts).
Read more at: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/04/taliban-overruns-afghan-district-kills-governor.php
And Sebastian Gorka resigned (?) because we stayed in Afghanistan? He's sharp; and we can't be mopping up every disaster area in the world. I'll leave it to the experts.
