SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban are closing in on the headquarters of Sayyad district in northern Sar-i-Pul province amid an intense fighting with security forces, a public representative said on Saturday.
Salahuddin Cherik, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban captured Dara Band and Bazaar Kami areas of the district on Friday night and a fierce clash was ongoing just three kilometers from the district centre.
The Bazaar Kami and Dara Band localities are situated west of the district . . .
