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Yamgan district falls to Taliban after fierce fighting

<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> after hours of fierce fighting, a public representative said on Saturday.</p>

<p>The insurgents overran Yamgan, the first district to fall to the Taliban after they inked a long-waited peace pact with the US in Doha last month.</p>

<p>A provincial council member, who did not want to be named, confirmed the collapse of the Yamgan district, which the Taliban controlled for four years until September.</p>

<p>mud</p>

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