GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked this capital city of southern Ghazni province from four directions, sparking an hours long fierce standoff with security forces, police said Friday.
Ghazni police spokesman Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban waged attacks at 12am midnight on security posts soon after entering the city from various directions.
The Taliban had called in fighters from central Maidan Wardak and southern Zabul province and they attacked security posts, the police headquarters and other military installations . . .
