GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Independent Directorate of Local Governance chief Shamim Khan Katawazai on Saturday said that captured districts in southeastern Paktia and other provinces would be retaken soon.
As security forces retook control of Merzaki district in Paktia from the Taliban, Katawazai said individuals behind the fall of districts and involved in mediating the fall of districts would be identified.
“Our forces had been in defensive posture for a long time for the sake of peace and reconciliation, but their agents and sleeping cells among people, they spread the propaganda of surrender. This caused unrest among people but the Taliban will . . .
