SHARAN (Pajhwok): Heavy clashes are underway as a border police battalion has been besieged by Taliban in the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Sunday.
A credible police source, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants had besieged a battalion of border forces in the district since Saturday.
He added clashes were underway between the border forces and the Taliban while reinforcements were yet to arrive in the area. The clashes caused casualties but exact figures could not be obtained . . .
