KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban captured seven districts in four provinces --- Kandahar, Parwan, Badakhshan and Helmand --- during the past 24 hours, sources said on Monday.
Parwan’s Shinwari District
The Shinwari district fell to the Taliban on June 26 but security forces retook it and again the rebels captured the town.
A local resident, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to Pajhwok that security forces on Sunday night left the district and the Taliban captured the district centre.
Mohammad Hamid Niyazi, coordination centre commander, confirmed to Pajhwok that security forces had retreated from Shinwari district and claimed the Taliban did not . . .
