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Taliban militants have taken control of the Arghanj Khaw district center in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan after two days of intense fighting, officials say.
At least 12 members of the security forces were killed and another five were wounded in the fighting, local officials said on March 30.
An officer of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has complained that whenever the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) risks losing control of one of their bases in Namtu or Lashio townships of northern Shan State, troops from the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, step in to help them.
Renewed fighting has been ongoing in the Namtu and Lashio areas for almost three weeks, according to the TNLA’s Brig-Gen Tar Phone Kyaw. In joint operations, the TNLA and the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) have been carrying out attacks on RCSS bases with the intention of forcing them to leave the area.
A car bomb exploded near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 15 people in a busy area of the Somali capital targeted by Islamist militants before, rescue services said.
The afternoon explosion sent smoke billowing into the sky and destroyed two restaurants and some cars parked in the area.
At least 36 Taliban militants were killed or wounded during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces and airstrike which were conducted in Helmand and Paktika provinces in past 24 hours.
According to informed military sources, the Afghan Special Forces conducted a ground assault in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province in the past 24 hours killing 30 Taliban fighters and wounding 4 others.
Elite troops supported by Emirati forces have begun a campaign to track down al-Qaeda militants in mountain hideouts in the Shabwa province of southern Yemen.
The campaign, called White Mountains, complements a mission in which troops were sent to the three Shabwa districts of Nesab, Markha and Khourah in April 2018.