MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Afghan forces have broken the siege of Almar district in northeastern Faryab province, but tactically retreated to avoid casualties, local officials said on Tuesday.
Provincial police chief Col. Mir Amanullah Zafer said three security check points had to be relocated in Almar district after hundreds of Taliban rebels launched attacks in many areas.
But airstrikes by the Afghan Air Forces inflicted heavy casualties to the enemy in Qara Ghweli and Chaghatak areas, he said.
A provincial council member and a resident of Almar . . .
