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Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 8, 2018
In 2012 Karim Dad, a 20-year-old from the eastern province of Nuristan, decided to join the Afghan National Army (ANA). He was deployed to Helmand, in the south of the country, where he became a sergeant in the engineering team of the Maiwand Corp's third brigade at the Shorabak training centre.
The Nation
March 3, 2018
The raid on the Bermal camp gave the US information on the existence of two other Al-Qaeda training camps in the Shorabak district in Kandahar province, the previous commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, told The Washington Post in 2015. The US also killed Abu Khalil alÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 28, 2018
The Taliban continues to make inroads in Kandahar province. Last year, the Taliban claimed to control five of Kandahar's 18 districts (Ghorak, Miyanashin, Registan, Shorabak, and Maruf) and heavily contest four more (Arghastan, Khakrez, Maiwand, and Shahwalikot). LWJ assesses the Taliban's claims ofÃâà...
Military Times
January 8, 2018
An Afghan Air Force MD-530 flies above Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, as Afghan tactical air controllers conduct simulated airstrike training Dec. 18, 2017. (Sgt. Lucas Hopkins/Marine Corps). As U.S. commanders prepare the Afghan security forces for an aggressive push against the Taliban this year,Ãâà...
Long War Journal
November 20, 2017
In Oct. 2015, the US military raided two al Qaeda camps in Shorabak and killed more than 150 fighters. The outgoing commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, said that one of the camps in Shorabak, which encompassed 30 square miles, was the largest in Afghanistan since the USÃâà...
Long War Journal
October 19, 2017
As of March 26, the Taliban claimed to control five of Kandahar's 18 districts (Ghorak, Miyanashin, Registan, Shorabak, and Maruf) and heavily contest four more (Arghastan, Khakrez, Maiwand, and Shahwalikot). FDD's Long War Journal assesses the Taliban's claims of control to be credible. Of theÃâà...
Long War Journal
August 17, 2017
As of March 26, the Taliban claimed to control four of Kandahar's 18 districts (Ghorak, Miyanashin, Registan, and Shorabak) and heavily contest five more (Arghastan, Khakrez, Maruf, Maiwand, and Shahwalikot). FDD's Long War Journal assesses the Taliban's claims of control to be credible. Of theÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 21, 2017
The Taliban claimed it “completely liberated” the district center for Shorabak in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar earlier today. Shorabak was the site of a massive al Qaeda training camp that was assaulted and destroyed by US forces in Oct. 2015. The Taliban now claims to control four ofÃâà...
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