November 6, 2018
By: Khaliq Ebrahimi
There was a fierce fighting district from October 26 to November 6, 2018, in between ANSF and Taliban in Urozgan Khas.
I and two other reporters arrived in Dunia Big village of Shir dagh district, Malistan, on November 6 on the same day as Asadullah Falah, Ashraf Ghani’s Advisor.
Urozgan khas has about 95,000 to 100,000 population, is one of the populated districts of Urozgan province harbored with Malistan district in Ghazni. Its population consists of Hazaras and Pashtuns.
Dunia Big Mosque was identified as the place of the discussions of the president delegation and the local people, locally displaced people and the local authorities. Government soldiers had occupied half of the mosque and the local people and the government delegation were roomed in the other half.
Mirza Mehrian, spoke on behalf of the Shir dagh people. He told the delegation that it was Shir dagh and Malistan people who paid the price of the war. “They provide shelter for the locally displaced people, provide food and water for the government soldiers and support the government troops.” He said.
Mehrian asked the government delegation to end the war; because people can not afford the high cost of the war anymore. “I beg the government delegation to fight no more in Shir dagh area.” He said.
From the fourth night when Taliban ambushed on Hazara areas in Urozgan Khas, local forces retreated to Shir dagh and Hazara residents of Kandlo and Hossaini fled from the area.
Qurban Ali Ekhlasi, one of the Kandlo elders, told the delegations that he had left his home at night along with his family and had come to Shir dagh; those who remained in the area were killed by the Taliban. “There 5 year old children among the victims to 70 year old men.” He said.
Ekhlasi had lost his two brothers in this conflict. He and 27 members of his family lived in an abandoned house in Dunia Big of Shir Dagh. He said he had lost all his belongings; land, house and properties.
He told that when the international forces left Urozgan, they had no access to public service in Urozgan. He asked the government delegation to protect them and form an interim office in Urozgan to public service.
“I assure you that Afghan government will address the needs of the locally displaced people and compensate their losses.” Asadullah Falah, Ghani’s advisor, said. He added that new arrangements have been considered to ensure security in Urozgan Khas.
Parallel to the arrival of the government delegation to Shir dagh area, local efforts to put an end to Urozgan khas war led to end the conflict. Local people and Mawlawi Mosafer, one of the local Taliban leaders, had reached to an agreement to end the war and he had agreed the Urozgan khas locally displaced people to return to their homes.
Najibullah , 28, whose brother was killed in this war, was optimistic about the agreement. He believed Taliban were strengthening their influence in Urozgan khas and the government was weaker than past and according to him, agreement on a peace deal was not match meaningful in such a condition.
Najibullah told the audience that only Urozgan khas was under the control of the government; other areas were under the Taliban’s control. “Our neighbors, who are Pashtuns have joined Taliban, we were first attacked from their sides.” He said.
On November 7, Dunia big was silent. The locally displaced people were waiting to return home; government forces were evacuating their trenches and the presidential delegation had returned to Kabul after assessing the situation.
Though, the locally displaced people of Urozgan khas had left Shir dagh to Jaghori, Ghazni and Kabul, there were many others in Shir dagh; at least two or three families were in one house of Shir dagh yet.
What had forced Urozgan Hazaras to leave their home was the violent treatment of Taliban with the civilians. Azizullah, father of Salman, told us; while Salman was returning back from a party with his family to their home, Taliban had taken him out of his car and had shot and killed him before the eyes of his family.
Ekhlasi added that Taliban have mercy to no one; they even killed two children who worked in a mechanic shop; they had an old man in front of his house and killed a student before Ekhlasi religious school.
The casualties of civilians increased dramatically; those families who were waiting for their men just heard they had been killed. Sakhidad was killed and his family were not informed yet. Sabr gul, his youngest girl, told that, his father had said I sent you to Shir dagh and will join you soon.
31 people were killed and 7 were injured only from Kandalo and Hossaini villages. And 496 people were displaced from these two villages. The local representatives of the two villages and also the Malistan district officials had verified the statistics.
Forming the local police was the first action taken according to the recommendations of the presidential delegation. On November 8. We saw Hakim Shojaei, a Hazara local commandocommanderzgan khas Rig Joy Pashi bazar. He had recently returned to the area based on agreement with Samad Khan, the chief of Urozgan khas intelligence.
Shojaei told me that the presidential delegation had agreed to form a local police army in Urozgan Khas and and Samad Khan was in charge of forming it. “Samad Khan asked me to take the charge.” Shojaei said.
The agreement was made in a period that Jaghori and Malistan districts were under Taliban attacks. On Aqrab 17, Taliban attacked Jaghori from three sides and attacked on Malistan on Aqrab 18.
Names of Shir dagh, Pashi and Zardak pf Malistan residents killed by Taliban on Aqrab 16, 2018.
Victims:
Hayatullah son of Nase Ali
Mohammd Hossain son of Chaman Ali
Khoda dad son of Mohammad Ali
Salman Hossain
Jan Ali son of Mohammad Jan
Abdul Hossain son of Mohsen
Naser Ali son of gholam Ali
Abdul Hossain son of Ali Rahman
Mohammad Amin son of Ali Hossain
Abdul Hamid son of Mohammad
Baba Wali
Names of the people who were injured:
Gholam Hossain
Mohammad Anwarana
Mohammad Hanif
Eshaq
Rahmatullah
Gholam Nabi
Names of the residents of Kandalan, Urozgan Khas residents who were killed or injured by Taliban on Aqrab 16, 2018:
Names of the people who were killed
Qambar Ali son of Mohammad Eshaq
Abdul Khaliq son of Mohammad Eshaw
Ahmad Shah son of Mohammad Nabi
Abdul Khaliq son of bustan
Mullah Dawood son of Baz Mohamamd
Khan Mohammd son of Ali Hamzah
Jan Ali son of Askar
Sakhidad son of Khan Ali
Mohammd Eisa son of Baz Mohammad
Abdul Samad son of haidar
Mohammad Reza son of Gholam Sakhi
Shir Mohammad son of Gholam Ali
Akhtar Mohammad son of Abdul
Khodadad son of Nwaroz
Eshaq son of Jami
Mohsen son of Ali Jan
Khan Ali son of Ghulam
Amir Khan son of Shah Hossain
Eshaq son of Ghulam Hossain
Sayed Ghulam Hossian son of Sayed Safdar
List of the people who were injured:
Dad Mohamamd son of Nabi
Sayed Mosa son of Sayed Abdul Hakim
Kamila daughter of Nadir Ali
Ustad Janan
List of the people who were killed from Hasani village of Urozgan Khas:
Ebrahim son of Mami
Sultan son of Sami
Shir Mohammad son of Madad
Mohammad Ali son of Eid Mohammad
Salman son of Aziz
Mohammad Ali son of Qambar
Salman son of Hossain Ali
Abdullah son of Ghulam Reza
Amir Khan son of Shah Hossain
Khadim son of Ghulam Ali
Mohammad Ali son of Haji Yasin Mohammad
List of the people who were injured from Hasani village of Urozgan Khas:
Esmail son of Mohammad Ali
Mohamamd son of Jan Ali
Abdul Razaq son of Cahman
List of the people who were killed from Hootqul village of Jaghori:
Ramazan son of Noori
Mohamamd Ali son of Jafari
Nasrullah son of Mohamamd Mosa
Azizullah son of Bashi Nazar
Mohammad Sadiq son of Sarwar Ali
Mohammad Esmail
Ramazan Ali son of Ahmadi
Ramazan Ali son of Qurbani
Esmatullah son of Hossaini
Jawid son of Tawakoli
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