ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Taliban were inflicted heavy casualties and their coordinated attacks were pushed back in the Ghaziabad district of eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Thursday.
Kunar governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed and members of the provincial council told a press conference here that the Ghaziabad district had not fallen into the hands of insurgents.
Saeed said the Afghan security and defense forces were fighting with high morale and they had air support and additional forces were on the way to the district.
The governor said the Afghan air force neutralized Taliban attacks on the district and caused them heavy . . .
