MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have overrun the Lowlash area of the Kohistan district centre of northwestern Faryab province, officials acknowledged on Sunday.
Elsewhere in the north, the militants captured Taywara district after fierce clashes in Ghor province early Sunday morning. The town had only one check -post manned by the security forces.
Faryab police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish said hundreds of militants attacked the area late on Saturday night. Security forces and public uprising group . . .
