the occurrence of war
After the October 11, 1976 attack of the Peshmerga forces on Bangird district, the government used helicopters to monitor the movements of the Peshmerga forces in and around Bangird areas, after preparing for the December 25, 1976 attack The government forces began their advance and reached the village of Sedar, from where the Peshmerga forces of the interim leadership under the command of Kamal Kirkuk to prevent the army's advance towards the village of Sedar Coincidentally, when the Peshmerga force reached the heights of Zakaria, the government had begun to attack the village of Sedar, so the Peshmerga force came down and was divided into two axes, Faqe Ismail and Mulazm Hassan Khoshnaw was assigned to the Sedar front, while Salih Awazai, Sheikh Hussein Loter and Bayaz Abdullah headed for Sharsten village with a detachment of thirty-five men under the command of Kamal Kirkuki and Nasreddin Mustafa The regime army attacked the Peshmerga forces in Sharsten village from two other directions from Dukan. On the morning of December 26, 1976, a heavy battle ensued Due to the imbalance in weapons and military supplies between the two forces, the Peshmerga forces were forced to retreat, but they suffered heavy losses to the government forces In the fighting, the regime forces lost about 100 soldiers (several sources indicate that 163 soldiers were killed and a helicopter was shot down). The Peshmerga forces had 7 to 9 martyrs and 9 wounded, including the commander of the Peshmerga forces Kamal Kirkuk and Nasruddin Mustafa, the deputy head of the region.
In its attack on the village of Sharsten, the government forces spared nothing, beating civilians, burning and destroying their village. In the attack alone, nine civilians were martyred, including women and children aged four to eighty 32 others were injured. About 100 innocent men, women and children were taken prisoner by the regime army and sent to prisons They were served and sheltered.
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-1 Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.
