The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Taliban routs Afghan Commandos while overrunning remote district in Ghazni
• Veteran Malian jihadist surrenders to Algeria
• Ghazni City remains under assault, despite RS assurances

Taliban routs Afghan Commandos while overrunning remote district in Ghazni Posted: 12 Aug 2018 02:07 PM PDT Between 40 and 100 Afghan Army Commandos are reported to have been killed as the Taliban overran Ajristan district in Ghazni province. As the Taliban overran Ajristan, battled for control of Ghazni City, and cut off the Kabul-Kandahar highway, it has demonstrated that it is able to effectively hit multiple locations at the same time.

Veteran Malian jihadist surrenders to Algeria Posted: 12 Aug 2018 10:37 AM PDT Sultan Ould Bady, a veteran jihadist within various al Qaeda groups in Mali and later the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, turned himself in to the Algerian military yesterday.

Ghazni City remains under assault, despite RS assurances Posted: 12 Aug 2018 09:24 AM PDT Resolute Support initially described the attack on Ghazni City as a "failed attempt" that would be used by the press to generate sensational headlines. Two days later, Afghan forces are still battling entrenched Taliban fighters inside the city, and the vital Kabul-Kandahar remains severed. Battles such as the one in Ghazni, reveal a disturbing pattern of misinformation and deception by Resolute Support when it comes to assessing and reporting on the Taliban's attacks on major cities as well as its assaults on district centers.