TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Security forces retook the control of the Khwaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province on Monday after hours of heavy clashes with the Taliban, an official said.
The forces entered the district centre at around 10:00am, pushing back the Taliban from the police headquarters, main bazaar and other areas, said Sunatullah Taimur, the governor’s spokesman.
He added the Taliban had torched several shops in the main district bazaar and security forces were fighting them in Qarlaq locality. Two policemen and two guards of . . .
