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Kabul
The Taliban have overrun a district in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday.
Burka district was taken over by the militants on Tuesday night after fighting between the security forces and the Taliban, provincial council member Bismillah Atash said.
Vast areas of the district had already been under Taliban control for years before they now took over its centre, Atash said.
In the meantime, police spokesman Jawid Basharat said that the security forces have “tactically” withdrawn from the district, but efforts were under way to “retake the district.”
The Taliban have said that following the capture of the district the militants have seized a large number of munitions and equipment from the forces.
The incident followed a day after the militants attacked a base of the national army in another district of the same province, Baghlan-e Markazi, killing at least nine soldiers, according to officials.
Baghlan has for many years been one of the most volatile provinces in the north of the country, where the Taliban have consolidated their presence over the years.
Kabul
The Taliban have overrun a district in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday.
Burka district was taken over by the militants on Tuesday night after fighting between the security forces and the Taliban, provincial council member Bismillah Atash said.
Vast areas of the district had already been under Taliban control for years before they now took over its centre, Atash said.
In the meantime, police spokesman Jawid Basharat said that the security forces have “tactically” withdrawn from the district, but efforts were under way to “retake the district.”
The Taliban have said that following the capture of the district the militants have seized a large number of munitions and equipment from the forces.
The incident followed a day after the militants attacked a base of the national army in another district of the same province, Baghlan-e Markazi, killing at least nine soldiers, according to officials.
Baghlan has for many years been one of the most volatile provinces in the north of the country, where the Taliban have consolidated their presence over the years.
