Kandahar police chief general Abdul Raziq on Sunday said that the Afghan security forces are planning to conduct a joint military operation with foreign forces against the Taliban in the southern province. 
 
Reports indicate that Kandahar’s Maiwand and Ghorak districts which have a common border with Sangeen and Nahr-e-Saraj districts in Helmand province have been under higher security threats.
 
Insurgents threaten the security of Kandahar from Helmand’s Nahr-e-Saraj and Sangeen districts, said Raziq. 
 
“There is a problem in this region, we have jointly worked and made plans and the operations will be very lengthy, I assure the people of Helmand and Kandahar we will clear these areas of the insurgents,” he said during a visit to Maiwand. 
 
Meanwhile a number of residents in Maiwand have said that the Taliban and drug smugglers are threatening security of Maiwand from Helmand’s volatile regions to make their way to other parts of Kandahar. 
 
“Enemy forces are present in an area between Helmand and Kandahar, but we want to move on this direction, security forces are also coming from Helmand,” said Afghan police officer Shamsullah. 
 
“We will fight with the Taliban,” said another officer Noor Mohammad.