TALUQAN CITY (Pajhwok): Local officials on Monday warned the Taliban would capture Khwaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province if reinforcements did not arrive soon.
Mohammad Omar, the Khwaja Ghar district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants stormed police checkpoints in Gurtapa and Islamabad areas of the district on Monday night.
Security forces suffered no casualties in the attacks, but the insurgents seized the two key areas.
“Militants now control over 50 villages and the district would collapse if reinforcements not arrived soon”, Omar . . .
