MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Local security officials said on Tuesday that Taliban’s assaults on Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, have been thwarted as clashes with militants continued in some parts of the city.
There are reports about switching control of some villages on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif between the Taliban and Afghan forces.
Balkh governor Mohammad FarhadAzimi said that defense lines in Mazar-i-Sharif city weakened as Shahin Military Corps commander was under treatment for illness in capital Kabul and a brigade commander of the corps was injured in the city, but . . .
