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| Afghan National Unity Government (NUG) President Ashraf Ghani [left] and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah [right] (File Photo) |
By Tamim Hamid
While Afghans continue to reel from the Taliban’s deadly attack on 209 Shaheen Corps in the northern province of Balkh, the Afghan government has been accused of hiding the truth about Friday’s bloodbath.
Sources however have told TOLOnews that the number of casualties was much higher than the figure announced by government.
Based on information gathered from different sources, so far the identity of 256 soldiers from ten provinces have been confirmed.
According to credible sources in Kabul and other provinces so far it is known that 68 soldiers from Badakhshan were killed, 50 soldiers from Nangarhar, 40 soldiers from Baghlan, 33 from Takhar, 24 from Uruzgan, 18 from Helmand, 13 from Kunduz, five from Samangan, three from Kabul and two soldiers from Parwan.
Sources have said that many more died – including soldiers from Laghman, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces.
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