The Taliban captured a key district in northern Afghanistan while the insurgent group kept national security forces under pressure in their bid to move closer to a provincial capital in the volatile south, officials confirmed on Monday.
The insurgents overran the district of Dahna Ghori in the Baghlan province after staging a coordinated offensive overnight, according to local officials and residents.
Taliban fighters are said to have seized weapons, including a long-range mortar cannon, as well as more than a dozen military vehicles from retreating Afghan forces, although authorities called it “a tactical retreat.”
Dahna Gohri was under siege for days before it fell to the Islamist insurgency and local officials say there were no reinforcements from the central government to push back the opposition. The district is just a few kilometers from the provincial capital of Pol-e-Khomri.
Key power supply lines importing electricity from the neighboring Central Asian republics pass through Baghlan. Last year’s Taliban advances in the province disrupted power supply to Kabul for weeks.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the insurgents killed a number of Afghan security forces and captured 33 soldiers in several days of fighting before hoisting its white flag in Dahna Ghori. The militant group is known for releasing inflated claims and casualty tolls.
Baghlan borders the strategically important province of Kunduz, where the Taliban last year briefly seized control of its capital city...
[voanews.com]
15/8/16
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The insurgents overran the district of Dahna Ghori in the Baghlan province after staging a coordinated offensive overnight, according to local officials and residents.
Taliban fighters are said to have seized weapons, including a long-range mortar cannon, as well as more than a dozen military vehicles from retreating Afghan forces, although authorities called it “a tactical retreat.”
Dahna Gohri was under siege for days before it fell to the Islamist insurgency and local officials say there were no reinforcements from the central government to push back the opposition. The district is just a few kilometers from the provincial capital of Pol-e-Khomri.
Key power supply lines importing electricity from the neighboring Central Asian republics pass through Baghlan. Last year’s Taliban advances in the province disrupted power supply to Kabul for weeks.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the insurgents killed a number of Afghan security forces and captured 33 soldiers in several days of fighting before hoisting its white flag in Dahna Ghori. The militant group is known for releasing inflated claims and casualty tolls.
Baghlan borders the strategically important province of Kunduz, where the Taliban last year briefly seized control of its capital city...
[voanews.com]
15/8/16
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