PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Security forces on Tuesday claimed recapturing a military base from Taliban and killing eight rebels in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province.
Deputy police chief Col. Abdul Rashid Bashir told Pajhwok Afghan News the military base, where 20 soldiers were stationed, had been surrounded by the Taliban last Friday.
He said army, police and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel, supported by copters, launched an attack to clear the base late on . . .
