TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Taliban militants captured Darqad district in northeastern Takhar province after overrunning Yanqi Qala district, with security forces retreating to Khwaja Bahauddin town to avoid civilian casualties, officials said on Tuesday.
The Taliban fighters seized the Yangi Qala district last night following two days of fierce clashes with security forces, Takhar police spokesman Khalil Aseer told Pajhwok.
He said the insurgents today (Tuesday) also captured Darqad district of the province at about 10am because security forces had retreated to Khawaja Bahauddin district after the fall of . . .
