MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Local officials confirmed on Sunday Taliban insurgents had overrun a strategic area called Bandar in the Kohistan district of northwestern Faryab province.
Hundreds of militants staged attacks from different directions on security forces and public uprising members in Kohistan and captured the area late on Saturday, they said.
The Taliban are destroyed the security posts and torching civilians homes in the locality, said a former deputy chief of the provincial council and public uprising commander.
Mohibullah Mirzad told Pajhwok Afghan News Bandar and . . .
