Twenty-two security personnel were killed in a gun battle with the Maoists in Chhattisgarh. Home Minister Amit Shah has warned of retaliation against the Maoists.

More than 2,000 soldiers belonging to various groups, including CRPF soldiers and special operations teams, were on joint patrol on Friday night in the southern Bastar area on the Maoist-dominated Sukma, Bijapur district border in Chhattisgarh.

Simultaneous action tests were conducted at 5 locations including Narasapuram and Minba. In this, the Maoists indiscriminately opened fire on security forces passing near the jonaguda forest in the Tarrem area. About 400 Maoists, led by Maoist commander Hitma, are said to have surrounded and attacked on all three sides.

Security forces immediately launched a counter-attack. Five security forces personnel were killed in the clash which lasted for 5 hours. Under the circumstances, the search revealed that several soldiers involved in the hunt had gone missing. Subsequently, additional troops were sent to the forest to expedite the search. In it, the bodies of successive security forces soldiers were found from the forest.

The bodies of 22 soldiers were recovered as of Sunday evening. Thirty-two people recovered with injuries and were admitted to hospitals. As well as the search for a missing player continued. Only the body of a female Maoist was recovered after reports emerged that the security forces had inflicted heavy casualties on the Maoists.

President Ramnath Govind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said that the sacrifices of the security forces will be remembered.

Home Minister Amit Shah has posted on his Twitter page that action against enemies of peace and development will continue. Moreover, Amit Shah, who returned to Delhi after canceling his election campaign in Assam, has assured that the Maoists will be retaliated against in due course.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupathi Bagal has returned to Raipur after completing his election campaign in Assam. Home Minister Amit Shah contacted him on the phone and inquired about the field situation.

Further, CRPF Brigade Director Kuldeep Singh personally inspected the scene of the attack. In April 2017, 26 soldiers were killed in an attack by the Maoists in Sukma district.

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Washington, Agency. The United States is preparing to bring back its five thousand soldiers from Afghanistan. This process is part of the initial peace agreement with the United States and the Taliban. This information came out in the context of a media report. However, the White House has responded to this news report, saying that the withdrawal of US forces in Afghanistan is based on the latest political conditions and conditions of that country. He said that he is unaware of such a decision. 

White House official had given a report to The Washington Post that the Trump administration would cut the number of troops in Afghanistan. The US administration is preparing to reduce the number of 14,000 troops currently present in Afghanistan to 9,000 or 8,000. Meanwhile, a Pentagon spokesman told The Washington Post that the Defense Department has not been ordered to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. The US Department of Defense said that our strategy in Afghanistan is based on the situation. Our soldiers will be based on the current situation in Afghanistan there. Their numbers will also be ensured on the same basis. 

The Department said that we have not been ordered to reduce the number of force. 
This report of the media has come to the fore, when one day earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to be back from his statement regarding the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan before the 2020 US presidential election. He had said that there is no time limit for the withdrawal of the US Army. This decision will be taken in view of the situation in Afghanistan’s ground level. This statement by the External Affairs Minister came between the ongoing negotiations between the US and the Taliban.

  
Significantly, US special envoy Jalme Khaliljad is currently in Afghanistan. They are in peace talks with the Taliban so that the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan can be reached.  

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