TALOQAN (Pajhwok): The Taliban militants have taken control of four more districts of northern Takhar province, security officials said on Sunday.
One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants had overrun Hazar Samch, Chall, Khwaja Ghar and Yangi Qala districts in the past 24 hours.
Nek Mohammad, a resident of Taloqan, said in addition to the districts, the security situation had sharply deteriorated in the provincial capital as well.
But Hamid Mobarez, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok the four districts had not fallen to the Taliban. Fierce clashes were underway there, he acknowledged.
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