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Subject: INSO UPDATE 27: ALERT =?UTF-8?B?4oCTIEFGRyDigJM=?= BAGHLAN: AOG
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To: Said Daud Ghani <ghani@jack.ngo>

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Pul-e Khumri District, <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/PfEQH5pzYucFcK5N9">Ch=
eshm-e Shir</a> Area, Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road</div>								</div>
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								AOG Checkpoint								</div>
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IME</div>
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								07/07/2020 10:00								</div>
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INFORMATION</div>
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								<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 04 August, 0930 h=
rs:</strong> Earlier in the morning today, at around 0800 hrs, AOG members =
established a checkpoint in the Khwaja Alwan area, in the proximity of the =
Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, where they are forcing passing commercial trucks t=
o stop.<br /><br />The ANSF work to establish the two FOBs in the Tajik Ha =
and Cheshm-e Shir areas is ongoing.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road =
is open to civilian traffic as of the time of writing, however, traffic cou=
ld be temporarily interrupted any time later today or in the coming days. G=
iven the heightened ANSF and AOG presence in multiple areas along or in the=
 proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the risk of collateral damage wh=
en travelling between Pul-e Khumri City and Samangan Province is still asse=
ssed to be high.</div>								</div>
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ADVICE</div>
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<p style=3D"text-align: justify;">The previous advisory to avoid the area a=
nd adjust movements remains in place.<br /><br />There remains a high proba=
bility that ANSF and AOG members may engage in furhter fighting along or in=
 the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road although, at present, this is=
 unlikely to be large-scale.<br /><br />NGOs intending to travel through th=
e Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road are encouraged to closely monitor the conflict ac=
tivity for the time being.<br /><br />INSO Northeast will continue to monit=
or the situation and provide updates by email as required.</p>
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								<div style=3D"margin: 12.5px 25px; padding: 0 12.5px 0 0;">INITIAL =
REPORT</div>
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								<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 02 August, 1230 h=
rs:</strong> The 50 ANP Special Forces that had been deployed from Aybak Ci=
ty on 12 July returned to their duty stations yesterday, at around 1130 hrs=
. The other ANSF reinforcements remain positioned along the Pul-e Khumri-Ay=
bak Road, in the Bagh-e Shamal, Tajik Ha, Cheshm-e Shir, and Gurgurak areas=
.<br /><br />ANSF started their work to establish two FOBs in the Tajik Ha =
and Cheshm-e Shir areas.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is open to =
civilian traffic as of the time of writing, however, traffic could be tempo=
rarily interrupted any time later today or in the coming days. Given the he=
ightened ANSF and AOG presence in multiple areas along or in the proximity =
of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the risk of collateral damage when travelli=
ng between Pul-e Khumri City and Samangan Province is still assessed to be =
high.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 30 July, 0900 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the Gurgurak area concluded at around 0815 hrs when A=
NSF forced the AOG members to withdraw. ANSF had fired at least one artille=
ry round from the Semet Khana mountain to target AOG members in the area.<b=
r /><br />The armed clash had reportedly erupted when ANSF responded to an =
AOG attack on a passing fuel truck with SAF, setting this on fire.<br /><br=
 />No further casualties have been reported.<br /><br />The estimated 100 A=
NSF members who had been deployed from Pul-e Khumri City and Doshi District=
 and the 50 ANP Special Forces from Aybak City remain positioned along the =
Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, in the Bagh-e Shamal, Tajik Ha, Cheshm-e Shir, War=
dak Ha and Gurgurak areas. Reportedly, ANSF might be planning to establish =
two FOBs in the Tajik Ha and Cheshm-e Shir areas.<br /><br />AAF is occasio=
nally flying over Pul-e Khumri District, monitoring the security situation =
by air.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is now open to civilian traf=
fic, however, traffic could be temporarily interrupted any time later today=
 or in the coming days. Given the heightened ANSF and AOG presence in multi=
ple areas along or in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the ris=
k of collateral damage when travelling between Pul-e Khumri City and Samang=
an Province is still assessed to be high.<br /><br />The previous advisory =
remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 30 July, 0730 hrs:</stron=
g> Earlier today, at around 0645 hrs, an armed clash erupted between ANSF a=
nd AOG members along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, in the Gurgurak area, wit=
h SAF and RPGs, and is ongoing. One fuel truck has been set on fire.</div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has b=
een closed to civilian traffic in the Gurgurak area.<br /><br />The previou=
s advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 28 July, 0830 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the title area concluded last night at around midnigh=
t. During the course of the confrontation, ANSF members fired at least 10 a=
rtillery rounds from their positions in the vicinity of Semet Khana mountai=
n to suppress attacking AOGs. Moreover, the previous night at around 2200 h=
rs, AAF also conducted at least one airstrike targeting AOG position in the=
 Larkhabi area.&nbsp;<br /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">The title segment of Pul-e Khumri-Aybak=
 Road is now open to civilian traffic.<br /><br />ANSF operation is still o=
ngoing.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 27 July, 1130 hrs:</stron=
g> AOG members reportedly withdrew from the Khwaja Alwan and the Tajik Ha a=
reas on 25 July, at around 1100 hrs, and have not established temporary che=
ckpoints along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road or stopped passing commercial tr=
ucks since then.<br /><br />Later that day, on 25 July, ANSF attempted to a=
dvance into the Bagh-e Shamal and <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/Qn8h8pkS7y=
VLFBcp8">Wardak Ha</a> areas, where they discovered and defused five IEDs. =
Along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, in the Shinwari Ha area, however, an IED=
 had detonated on 24 July, at around 1630 hrs, when a private vehicle was p=
assing, killing three civilians and wounding two others.<br /><br />Yesterd=
ay, at approximately 1530 hrs, ANSF launched a house-to-house search operat=
ion in the Wazghari and Tajik Ha areas. The operation is still ongoing, wit=
h the ANSF members advancing to the <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/9VAoRv2C=
aYiuSXWL7">Gurgurak</a> area at around 0900 hrs today.<br /><br />The Pul-e=
 Khumri-Aybak Road is open to civilian traffic as of the time of writing, h=
owever, traffic could be temporarily interrupted any time later today or in=
 the coming days. Given the heightened ANSF and AOG presence in multiple ar=
eas along or in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the risk of c=
ollateral damage when travelling between Pul-e Khumri City and Samangan Pro=
vince is still assessed to be high.<br /><br />The previous advisory remain=
s in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 25 July, 1015 hrs:</stron=
g> Last night, at approximately 0100 hrs, ANA Commandos conducted a night r=
aid in the Shinwari Ha area and arrested five suspected AOG members.<br /><=
br />The estimated 60 ANSF members who had been deployed from Pul-e Khumri =
City and Doshi District remain positioned in the Cheshm-e Shir and Bagh-e S=
hamal areas. Earlier in the morning today, at around 0700 hrs, ANSF (EOD) t=
eam members discovered and defused six IEDs in Cheshm-e Shir. In addition, =
approximately 40 ANSF reinforcements have been temporarily deployed from Pu=
l-e Khumri City to the Wazirabad area today, at 0600 hrs. Moreover, the 50 =
ANP Special Forces from Aybak City remain positioned in the Hadbakhshi area=
.<br /><br />AAF is still occasionally flying over Pul-e Khumri District, m=
onitoring the security situation by air.<br /><br />AOG members remain posi=
tioned in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, sporadically stoppi=
ng passing commercial trucks when crossing the Khwaja Alwan and the Tajik H=
a areas.</div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is op=
en to civilian traffic as of the time of writing, however, traffic could be=
 temporarily interrupted any time later today or in the coming days. Given =
the heightened ANSF and AOG presence in multiple areas along or in the prox=
imity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the risk of collateral damage when tr=
avelling between Pul-e Khumri City and Samangan Province is still assessed =
to be high.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 23 July, 1115 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the Cheshm-e Shir area concluded yesterday, at around=
 1630 hrs, when ANSF forced the AOG members to withdraw. Nevertheless, in t=
he Shinwari Ha and <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/JQPf5r8C9XLfp5cz5">Wazira=
bad</a> areas, ANSF were firing warning shots in the air from approximately=
 2100 to 2300 hrs.<br /><br />AAF conducted at least one airstrike to targe=
t an AOG position in the Cheshm-e Shir area at around 1200 hrs, which resul=
ted in one AOG member killed and another one wounded. The government air fo=
rces are still occasionally flying over Pul-e Khumri District, monitoring t=
he security situation.<br /><br />An estimated 40 ANSF members of the opera=
tion team that had been deployed from Pul-e Khumri City and Doshi District =
on 09 July returned to their duty stations on 20 July, while the 60 others =
remain positioned in the Bagh-e Shamal and Cheshm-e Shir areas. Moreover, t=
he 50 ANP Special Forces from Aybak City remain in Hadbakhshi.<br /><br />A=
OG members remain positioned in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Roa=
d, sporadically stopping passing commercial trucks when crossing the Tajik =
Ha and Khwaja Alwan areas.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is open t=
o civilian traffic since last evening. Nevertheless, given the heightened A=
NSF and AOG presence in multiple areas along or in the proximity of the Pul=
-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the risk of collateral damage when travelling between=
 Pul-e Khumri City and Samangan Province is still assessed to be high. Furt=
hermore, although the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is open to traffic as of the =
time of writing, traffic could be temporarily interrupted any time later to=
day or in the coming days.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in plac=
e.</div>
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<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 22 July, 1445 hrs:</stron=
g> Today, at around 1400 hrs, AOG members ambushed ANSF members with SAF an=
d RPGs in the Cheshm-e Shir area when the government troops attempted to re=
cover a Humvee-type vehicle. An armed clash is ongoing in the area.<br /><b=
r />The Humvee-type vehicle had been damaged as a result of an IED detonati=
on today, at approximately 1245 hrs, when ANSF when carrying out an incursi=
on into an AOG-controlled area. In consequence, four ANSF members were kill=
ed and two more were wounded.<br /><br />Most of the ANSF operation team me=
mbers that had been deployed from Pul-e Khumri City and Doshi District, in =
Baghlan Province, and Aybak City, in Samangan Province, remain positioned i=
n the Bagh-e Shamal, Cheshm-e Shir and <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/cGKXB=
s7aBrM7MosX7">Hadbakhshi</a> areas.<br /><br />AAF is still occasionally fl=
ying over Pul-e Khumri District, monitoring the security situation by air. =
On 19 July, at around 1100 hrs, AAF conducted at least two airstrikes targe=
ting an AOG position in the <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/F6KWJ1z4UPqkhXbh=
7">Wazghari</a> area of Pul-e Khumri District, with no casualties being rep=
orted.<br /><br />AOG members continue sporadically stopping passing commer=
cial trucks in the Tajik Ha and Khwaja Alwan areas.<br /><br />The Pul-e Kh=
umri-Aybak Road is now closed to civilian traffic in the Cheshm-e Shir area=
.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 18 July, 1415 hrs:</stron=
g> Today, at around 1100 hrs, AOG members collapsed their checkpoint in the=
 Tajik Ha area, along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, however, they are often =
establishing temporary positions in Cheshm-e Shir when commercial trucks ar=
e crossing the area.<br /><br />Apart from the ANSF members operating the c=
heckpoints along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, the ANSF operation team membe=
rs remain positioned in the Bagh-e Shamal, Cheshm-e Shir and Khwaja Alwan a=
reas.<br /><br />AAF is occasionally flying over Pul-e Khumri District, mon=
itoring the security situation by air.<br /><br />Yesterday, at around 0930=
 hrs, a roadside IED detonated in the Cheshm-e Shir area, along the Pul-e K=
humri-Aybak Road, when a private bus was passing. ANSF briefly closed the r=
oad to civilian traffic, and no casualties were reported.<br /><br />No fur=
ther incident has been reported. Nevertheless, given the heightened ANSF an=
d AOG presence in multiple areas along or in the proximity of the Pul-e Khu=
mri-Aybak Road, the risk of collateral damage when travelling between Pul-e=
 Khumri City and Samangan Province is still assessed to be high. Furthermor=
e, although the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is open to traffic as of the time o=
f writing, traffic could be temporarily interrupted any time later today or=
 in the coming days.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</di=
v>
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<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 16 July, 2030 hrs:</stron=
g> Today, at around 1730 hrs, AOG members established a checkpoint in the <=
a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/gciMJUHkB34JeSwy5">Tajik Ha</a> area, along t=
he Pul-e Khumri Road, to demand informal taxation from passing commercial t=
rucks.<br /><br />In the early morning of yesterday, at approximately 0300 =
hrs, an estimated 20-30 ANA commandos, part of the ANSF operation team that=
 had been deployed to the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road on 09 July, conducted a n=
ight raid targeting AOG members in the Bagh-e Shamal area. As a result, sev=
en AOG members were killed and another nine wounded.<br /><br />During the =
same morning, at around 0800 hrs, ANSF (EOD) team members discovered and de=
fused nine IEDs emplaced in the Bagh-e Shamal and Cheshm-e Shir areas.<br /=
><br />Last night, at 2300 hrs, AOG members attacked an ANA checkpoint alon=
g the main road, in the <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/gjHAEenEtpV3pVDA8">M=
ulayan</a> area of Pul-e Khumri District. During a brief firefight, one ANA=
 soldier was wounded.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has remained o=
pen to civilian traffic since the last update. That said, the risk of colla=
teral damage when travelling through this road is still assessed to be high=
.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 15 July, 0930 hrs:</stron=
g> The force of approximately 150 ANSF members remains in place in the Khwa=
ja Alwan area. Beginning early this morning, ANSF have been conducting acti=
ve patrols along the section of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road that had recent=
ly witnessed the presence of several AOG CPs.<br />&nbsp;</div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">No further SAF has been reported in the=
 area since 1800 hrs, yesterday evening. While AOGs are likely still presen=
t in the Bagh-e Shamal and Cheshm-e Shir areas along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak=
 Road, it seems that AOG members are unlikely to directly engage the large =
group of ANSF members present in the area. That said, further AOG members m=
ay conduct further sporadic harassing attacks against smaller ANSF patrols =
from concealed positions in forested areas along the highway.&nbsp;<br /><b=
r /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road remains ope=
n to all civilian traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in plac=
e.</div>
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<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 14 July, 1245 hrs:</stron=
g> After an hour-long firefight, the force of 150 ANSF members managed to p=
ush AOG members back from the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road in the Khwaja Alwan a=
rea, where they had maintained an informal checkpoint since the morning of =
10 July.&nbsp;<br /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">While no further heavy fighting has bee=
n reported since approximately 1030 hrs, AOG members have redeployed to the=
 nearby areas of Bagh-e Shamal and Cheshm-e Shir areas, located just north =
and south of the road, from where they are continuing to sporadically attac=
k ANSF members with SAF. While ANSF members, including the 50 ANP Special F=
orces members who were deployed from Aybak City on 13 July, remain in the K=
hwaja Alwan area, they are unlikely to pursue AOG members into the resident=
ial areas of Bagh-e Shamal and Cheshm-e Shir, given extensive IED contamina=
tion in both of these areas. AAF air assets continue to conduct patrols ove=
rhead to support ANSF members deployed to Khwaja Alwan area, but no further=
 airstrikes have been reported since 0730 hrs this morning when AAF targete=
d AOG position in Bagh-e Shamal in a series of two airstrikes.<br /><br />A=
NSF intend to remain in the Khwaja Alwan area for at least several more hou=
rs and both sides are likely to continue to exchange SAF throughout the res=
t of the day.&nbsp;</div>
<br /><br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 14 July, 0845 hrs:</stron=
g> Today earlier in the morning, the ANSF operation team which had been dep=
loyed to Bagh-e Shamal has attempted to advance in the area targeting the A=
OG positions, and an armed clash is ongoing.<br /><br />AAF is giving air s=
upport to the ANSF ground troops, and conducted at least two airstrikes tar=
geting AOG positions in the Bagh-e Shamal area today, at around 0730 hrs.<b=
r /><br />The ANP (Special Forces) operation team which had been deployed t=
o Hadbakhshi remain positioned in the area.<br /><br />In the Khwaja Alwan =
area, AOG members are still positioned in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri=
-Aybak Road, reportedly demanding informal taxation from passing commercial=
 trucks when ANSF temporarily open the road to civilian traffic.<br /><br /=
>Casualty figures remain the same as previously reported.<br /><br />The Pu=
l-e Khumri-Aybak Road has been closed to civilian traffic.</div>
<br /><br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 13 July, 1030 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the Bagh-e Shamal area concluded at around 1700 hrs, =
and no further firing has been reported since. Nevertheless, both sides, in=
cluding the 100-men ANSF operation team, remain positioned in the area and =
there is potential for another firefight erupting any time.<br /><br />Yest=
erday, at approximately 1600 hrs, an estimated 50 ANP (Special Forces) rein=
forcements were deployed from Aybak City, in Samanagan Province, to the <a =
href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/743R5F2ekKWmfqpz9">Hadbakhshi</a> area of Pul-e=
 Khumri District, along the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, where they remain posi=
tioned as of the time of writing.<br /><br />In the Khwaja Alwan area, AOG =
members are still positioned in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Roa=
d, demanding informal taxation from passing commercial trucks.<br /><br />C=
asualty figures remain the same as previously reported.<br /><br />The Pul-=
e Khumri-Aybak Road was reopened to civilian traffic last evening, however,=
 ANSF would likely close it again should an armed clash erupt.<br /><br />T=
he previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 12 July, 1545 hrs:</stron=
g> AOG members attacked an ANSF base located in the Bagh-e Shamal area at a=
round 1530 hrs, and an armed clash is ongoing with SAF and RPGs. The ANSF o=
peration team remains positioned in the area and is engaged in the firefigh=
t.<br /><br />AAF has continued to provide air support, however, no more ai=
rstrikes have been reported.<br /><br />Casualty figures remain the same as=
 previously reported.<br /><br />ANSF had closed the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Roa=
d to civilian traffic at around 1400 hrs.<br /><br />The previous advisory =
remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 12 July, 1015 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the Bagh-e Shamal area concluded last night, at aroun=
d 0000 hrs, however, ANSF and AOG members remain positioned in the area. Bo=
th sides had stopped firing from 1700 to 2300 hrs, period in which ANSF all=
owed small private vehicles to cross the road. ANSF had fired at least five=
 artillery rounds from the Semet Khana mountain to target the AOG positions=
 in the area. Furthermore, at around 1045 hrs, a roadside IED emplaced alon=
g a secondary road detonated near a passing ANSF Humvee-type vehicle.<br />=
<br />In addition to the casualty figures previously reported, one ANA sold=
ier has been killed and another one wounded as a result of the firefight, a=
nd one ANP member was killed and one more wounded due to the IED detonation=
.<br /><br />In the Khwaja Alwan area, AOG members are still positioned in =
the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road.<br /><br />The traffic on the=
 Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has continued to be intermittently interrupted bas=
ed on the security situation. As of the time of writing, the road is open t=
o small private vehicles. Commercial trucks, however, have not been allowed=
 to cross the road since the last update.<br /><br />The previous advisory =
remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 11 July, 1000 hrs:</stron=
g> Earlier in the morning today, at around 0500 hrs, an armed clash erupted=
 between the ANSF operation team and AOG members with SAF and RPGs in the B=
agh-e Shamal area and is ongoing. ANSF are firing artillery from the Semet =
Khana mountain towards the AOG positions in the area.<br /><br />In the Khw=
aja Alwan area, AOG members are still positioned in the proximity of the Pu=
l-e Khumri-Aybak Road.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is now closed=
 to civilian traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.<br=
 /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 10 July, 1345 hrs:</stron=
g> Today, at around 0900 hrs, the AOG members collapsed their checkpoint in=
 the Cheshm-e Shir area, however, established another position in the neigh=
bouring Khwaja Alwan at around the same time. Residents have left the area,=
 reportedly, considering the portential for furhter armed clashes and the r=
isk of collateral damage.<br /><br />The ANSF operation team remains positi=
oned in the Bagh-e Shamal area.<br /><br />In addition to the casualty figu=
res previously reported, one ANA mid-level commander, well-known in Baghlan=
 Province, had been killed in the armed clash that took place yesterday in =
Bagh-e Shamal.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, remaining open to sm=
all private vehicles since last night, has been reopened to commercial truc=
ks today, at around 0600 hrs.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in p=
lace.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 09 July, 2200 hrs:</stron=
g> The previously reported armed clash had erupted in the <a href=3D"https:=
//goo.gl/maps/mQssoxiUd2gjCvBm6">Bagh-e Shamal</a> area, when AOG members a=
mbushed the ANSF on their way to Cheshm-e Shir. The firefight concluded at =
around 1800 hrs when the ANSF operation team forced the AOG members to with=
draw from the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road. From approximately =
1500 to 1700 hrs, ANSF fired at least 10 artillery rounds from the Semet Kh=
ana mountain towards the AOG positions in Bagh-e Shamal.<br /><br />At arou=
nd 1500 hrs, one IED emplaced along a secondary road in the Bagh-e Shamal a=
rea detonated, killing one ANP member and wounding another one. Reportedly,=
 the risk of further explosives in the area is blocking the ANSF progress t=
o force the AOG members to withdraw from the area.</div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><br />Furthermore, at approximately 160=
0 hrs, AAF has conducted at least one airstrike in Bagh-e Shamal and anothe=
r one in Cheshm-e Shir.<br /><br />In addition to the casualty figures alre=
ady reported, one ANP member has been killed and two others wounded, and fo=
ur AOG members have been killed and two more wounded.<br /><br />In the Che=
shm-e Shir area, AOG members are still operating the checkpoint.<br /><br /=
>The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is now open to small private vehicles, however=
, ANSF are not allowing commercial trucks to cross the road.<br /><br />The=
 previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 09 July, 1515 hrs:</stron=
g> An estimated 100 ANSF (ANA, NDS and ANP) members from Pul-e Khumri City =
and Doshi District, Baghlan Province, launched an operation to target AOG p=
ositions in the Cheshm-e Shir area with AAF air support. AOG members in the=
 area responded, and an armed clash is ongoing.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri=
-Aybak Road has been closed to civilian traffic.<br /><br />The previous ad=
visory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 09 July, 0800 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in the Khwaja Alwan area concluded last night, at around=
 2230 hrs, when ANSF forced the AOG members to withdraw from the area.<br /=
><br />ANSF members had fired at least 10 artillery rounds from the Semet K=
hana moutain towards the AOG positions in Khwaja Alwan.<br /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">Casualty figures remain the same as pre=
viously reported.<br /><br />In the Cheshm-e Shir area, AOG members are sti=
ll operating the checkpoint.<br /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is now open=
 to traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 08 July, 2145 hrs:</stron=
g> AOG members attacked an ANSF checkpoint in the <a href=3D"https://goo.gl=
/maps/3YVoNPDLXg3HH6Ch7">Khwaja Alwan</a> area of Pul-e Khumri District, al=
ong the Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road, with SAF and RPGs at around 2115 hrs. An a=
rmed clash is ongoing in the area.<br /><br />Furthermore, ANSF are firing =
artillery from the Semet Khana mountain to target the AOG positions in Khwa=
ja Alwan.<br /><br />Casualty figures remain the same as previously reporte=
d.<br /><br />In the Cheshm-e Shir area, AOG members are still operating th=
e checkpoint.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has been closed to civ=
ilian traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 08 July, 0815 hrs:</stron=
g> The armed clash in Shinwari Ha concluded last night, at around 2230 hrs.=
 Nevertheless, the AOG members remain positioned in the area. ANSF had also=
 fired IDF during the firefight.<br /><br />At approximately 2200 hrs, ANSF=
 fired a mortar round from the Bagh-e Shamal area towards an AOG position, =
mistakenly impacting on a private residence. As a result, one child was kil=
led and another one was wounded.<br /><br />No further casualties have been=
 reported.<br /><br />In the Cheshm-e Shir area, AOG members are still oper=
ating the checkpoint.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road is now open to=
 traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 07 July, 1930 hrs:</stron=
g> AOG members attacked an ANSF checkpoint in Shinwari Ha, along the Pul-e =
Khumri-Aybak Road, with SAF and RPGs at around 1900 hrs. An armed clash is =
ongoing in the area.<br /><br />Furthermore, AOG members are still operatin=
g the checkpoint in the Cheshm-e Shir area.</div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><br />Casualty figures remain the same =
as previously reported.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has been clo=
sed to civilian traffic.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.=
<br /><br />In addition, NGOs operating in or crossing Baghlan Province are=
 encouraged to closely follow the conflict activity in the area for the tim=
e being.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 07 July, 1715 hrs:</stron=
g> The AOG members are still operating a checkpoint in the Cheshm-e Shir ar=
ea. At around 1130 hrs, ANSF had responded, with a brief firefight taking p=
lace with SAF and RPGs.<br /><br />In addition, AOG members opened sporadic=
 fire on an ANSF checkpoint located in the proximity of the Pul-e Khumri-Ay=
bak Road, in the <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/maps/KMiGqdEgRQuPBoK4A">Shinwari=
 Ha</a> area of Pul-e Khumri District. ANSF fired at least two mortar round=
s from the Bagh-e Shamal area towards the AOG position, with one round impa=
cting on a private residence. As a result, one civilian has been killed and=
 another one wounded.<br /><br />No further casualties have been reported.<=
br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road remains open to civilian traffic, wi=
th some private vehicles, including commercial trucks, still attempting to =
cross the area.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</div>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 07 July, 1330 hrs:</stron=
g> The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road was reopened to traffic at around 1230 hrs, =
however, AOG members are still operating the reported checkpoint, with ANSF=
 possibly responding.<br /><br />The previous advisory remains in place.</d=
iv>
<br />
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;"><strong>As of 07 July, 1000 hrs:</stron=
g> At the time and location noted above, AOG members established a checkpoi=
nt searching vehicles for ANSF/GOA personnel and demanding informal taxatio=
n from passing trucks.<br /><br />ANSF could respond, with an armed clash p=
otentially erupting.<br /><br />The Pul-e Khumri-Aybak Road has been closed=
 to civilian traffic in the title area.<br /><br /></div>
<div style=3D"text-align: justify;">NGOs are advised to avoid the area and =
adjust movements until further notice.</div>								</div>
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