MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Seventeen militants have been killed during clashes in northwestern Faryab district, snapping power supply to four districts and the provincial capital, officials said on Tuesday.
Fourteen fighters were also wounded during the overnight firefights in Qaisar and Shirin Tagab districts, where a bullet hit the power transmission line, tearing through a cable.
Since last night, residents of Khwaja Sabz Posh, Shirin Tagab, Dawlatabad and Pashtunkot districts, as well as Maimana, have been without power supply.
Asadullah, a Maimana inhabitant, told Pajhwok Afghan News most people were using gas cylinders to keep . . .
