MAIMANA (Pajhwok): As many as 130 pro-government uprising members have joined the Taliban in the Kohistan district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Monday.
Abdul Karim Yourish, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the surrendering fighters were among more than 200 security personnel besieged by the Taliban after the fall of the Kohistan district centre.
He, however, added some security personnel, led by Naser and Sulaiman Rahmani, managed to flee the area. They arrived in Ghor and are currently fighting against the Taliban alongside police and commando forces in Khairabad Qala.
Yourish continued the security forces planned to retake Lolash.
Rahmani, meanwhile, confirmed Naser and he managed to flee the area with 60 other personnel. Hitting out at what he called the government’s irresponsible attitude, he said Kohistan had been under Taliban siege for the past one year.
Governor Humayun Fauzi said the local uprising members and other security officials had been stationed in Khairabad area and the Afghan air force had bombard Taliban positions, inflicting heavy losses on the militants.
He said choppers, while supplying arms to security forces, bombarded the insurgent bases as well. Kohistan district was captured by the Taliban on Sunday after coordinated attacks.
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