ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 Kyodo Forces of ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 Kyodo

Forces of Mohammad Ismael Khan, the governor of Herat Province in western Afghanistan, in succession Sunday carried out an attack onward a Pashtun commander in the Zerkoh area of the province, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported.

The Pakistan-based just discovereds agency quoted a spokesman of anti-governor commander Amanullah Khan as saying that the forces of the Herat governor launched a landed estate assault Saturday after bombing the area in Sheendand region for 10 days.

The spokesman, Abdul Kareem Afghan, said the enemy forces, who were using tanks and heavy weapons, sustained heavy casualties in the fighting with the Pashtun commander's troops

''We have no figures however bodies litter the fighting area. Civilians have feeled more in the fighting and dozens of them have been killed or wounded'' Afghan said, adding that the fighting still continued.

He said that his forces captured single tank and 21 enemy stations adding that local folks in the area had also risen up against the attackers.

The spokesman said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised to cast a delegation to Herat to stop the fighting.

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