KABUL (Pajhwok): Taliban fighters have overrun five more districts in three different provinces of the country, local sources said on Tuesday.
The militants seized Ghorian and Chesht districts of Herat, Aab-i-Kamari of Badghis, Hesarak of Nangarhar and Farhang of Baghlan province.
Herat Provincial Council member Ghulam Habib Hashimi said: “The police headquarters of Ghorian fell earlier. But last night the district centre also collapsed and the security forces retreated.”
He said the security forces in Chesht district had also retreated.
Wakil Ahmad Korkhi, another member of the council, confirmed the fall of Ghorian district to the Taliban.
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