Conflict with Taliban insurgents has caused more than $100 million in damage to fruit crops and homes in Afghanistan, the country’s officials said Tuesday, according to Reuters.
The majority of the damage is in southern Kandahar Province, a bulwark of the Taliban movement where international Afghan forces have carried out extensive security operations.
An adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Mohammad Sadiq Aziz, wrote in a statement that domestic and foreign troops caused unreasonable damage, Reuters reported.
Aziz said, “The Omid (Hope) military operation, which has been going on for some time in Arghandab, Zhari, and Panjwai districts, has inflicted severe damage to the people,” according to the report.
The majority of the damage is in southern Kandahar Province, a bulwark of the Taliban movement where international Afghan forces have carried out extensive security operations.
An adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Mohammad Sadiq Aziz, wrote in a statement that domestic and foreign troops caused unreasonable damage, Reuters reported.
Aziz said, “The Omid (Hope) military operation, which has been going on for some time in Arghandab, Zhari, and Panjwai districts, has inflicted severe damage to the people,” according to the report.
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