Locals mobilized to defend Taliban attacks in Patoo district of Daikundi

Over 200 local residents of Patoo district in the central Daikundi province have taken up arms to defend their district, along with defense and security forces, against continued Taliban attacks, locals said on condition of anonymity. “Defending the land and our honor is more valuable now [even] than doing prayer and fasting [in Ramadan]. We have to fight against the Taliban,” one of the local told Kabul Now.

The newly mobilized locals are stationed near Tamazan and Qukhoor areas of Patoo district from where the Taliban have launched repeated attacks, some very deadly, in recent years. In most recent case, clashes erupted between the militants last Thursday, June 10, and still the two sides exchange sporadic fires against each the other side.