GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The ongoing bad security situation in Janikhel district of southeastern Paktia province has concerned local residents who say fighting has been underway between security forces and Taliban militants over the past one week.
Dozens of families have been displaced from Hakimzai and Sulimankhel villages of the district due to the critical security situation there.
Mohammad Gull, a tribal elder of the Sulimankhel village, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban insurgents have been attacking their homes over the past seven days, asking residents to surrender to . . .
