FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents captured the Maimay district of northeastern Badakhshan province after an hours-long clash with security forces, the town’s administrative head said on Thursday.
Kambir Qurbani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban militants coordinately stormed the district from several directions and after a few hours firefight, they captured the district.
According to him, due to lack of enough security forces and reinforcements, the district fell into the hands of militants.
Ahmad Javid Mujadidi, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok . . .
