KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Security Council (NSC), th government’s powerful security organ, announced Thursday green-lighting a massive clearing operation in northern Baghlan province.
The council gave the go-ahead to the offensive at a meeting held on Wednesday night at Presidential Palace, where the interior minister briefed participants on the current security situation in Baghlan.
In a statement, the NSC praised the sacrifices of the security personnel in the ongoing offensive in the province and ordereda grand operation to purge the strategically important province . . .
