AIBAK (Pajhwok): Local officials and public representatives in northern Samangan province on Thursday warned the Dara-i-Sauf Payeen district would fall into the hands of Taliban insurgents if the government did not pay urgent heed.
Provincial Council chief Haji Raz Mohammad Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban militants attacked the district center from three directions late Wednesday night, but security forces pushed them back.
Four militants were killed and four others were wounded in the clash that erupted after 9pm and lasted five hours . . .
