MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Security officials in northern Faryab province on Thursday said around 800 security personnel who were surrounded by Taliban insurgents in Ghormach district had been rescued.
Col. Mohammad Reza Rezaee, the 209th Shaheen Corps first division spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the forces remained besieged over the past one week in Ab-Garmak locality of Ghormach.
The forces comprising public order police, army and police personnel were freed as a result of an operation that lasted three days, he said.
He said clashes were . . .
