{"id":40867,"date":"2019-09-16T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40867"},"modified":"2019-09-16T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:25:09","slug":"algeria-to-go-the-polls-on-december-12-says-interim-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40867","title":{"rendered":"Algeria to go the polls on December 12, says interim president"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"86\">\n<p>\nKABUL: Afghan forces backed by US forces killed two senior Taliban leaders and at least 38 fighters of the hard-line insurgent group in joint airstrikes conducted in northern and western regions of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe operations, launched on Saturday night, were aimed at foiling attacks planned by the Taliban on Afghan forces, said a senior security official in capital Kabul, adding that clashes have escalated following the collapse of diplomatic talks between the US and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Defense Ministry in a statement said that the Taliban\u2019s designate governor for northern Samangan province, Mawlavi Nooruddin, was killed along with four fighters in an airstrike in Dara-e-Soof Payeen district.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut the Taliban denied the governor had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe (Nooruddin) is alive,\u201d said Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-block block-wrapper block-custom-bg padding-1 bottom-spacer--m\">\n<p><h4>\n<span class=\"chars-style\">HIGH<\/span>LIGHT<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-content\" readability=\"34.5\">\n<div class=\"with-separator\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>\nTaliban deny the governor of Samangan province had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>\nLast week, insurgents killed four Afghan special force members in a car bomb blast.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfghan officials say around 100,000 members of the country\u2019s security forces are ready for polling day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nIn a separate incident, Mullah Sayed Azim, a Taliban designate governor for Anar Dara district in western Farah was killed in a joint Afghan and foreign force raid.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSayed Azim was killed along with 34 other insurgents in Anar Dara,\u201d said Mohibullah Mohib, a spokesman for Farah provincial police.<\/p>\n<p>\nSenior security officials in Kabul said several joint operations will be launched against Taliban and Daesh fighters to prevent attacks on Afghan forces and civilians ahead of the presidential polls on Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<p>\nFighting picked up in several parts of Afghanistan last week after US President Donald Trump\u2019s abrupt cancelation of talks with the Taliban aimed at withdrawing US troops and opening the way to end to 18 year-long war in Afghanistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Troops for polling day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nAfghan officials say around 100,000 members of the country\u2019s security forces are ready for polling day. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Interior Ministry said on Sunday that 72,000 security personnel will be on duty around the 4,942 polling centers across Afghanistan while nearly 30,000 additional troops will serve as reserve units.<\/p>\n<p>\nDefense Ministry spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai said security forces have recently taken back eight districts from the Taliban and that operations are underway to secure around 20 others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Afghan forces backed by US forces killed two senior Taliban leaders and at least 38 fighters of the hard-line insurgent group in joint airstrikes conducted in northern and western regions of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. 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