Army officials in the northern Sar-e-Pul province on Friday said a military operation titled “Alborz Ten” was launched in Sayyad district to retake the Mirza Olang valley which fallen to militants earlier this week.
 
The military operation was launched early on Friday, said Gen. Abdul Ghafar Ehsan, commander of the Afghan National Army’s 2nd Regiment in Sar-e-Pul.
 
In this episode of Mehwar, host Jamalnasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Sayed Ali Reza Mahmoudi head of a civil society organization in Kabul.