KABUL (Pajhwok): A security official saud on Thursday the only Afghan National Army (ANA) brigade in western Farah province had surrendered to the Taliban without fighting.
The ANA brigade commander, the provincial council chairman and a Wolesi Jirga member from the province have fled to Iran.
The official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Massoud Bakhtawar, the Farah governor, and his finance director had surrendered to the Taliban after a two-day siege of the ANA brigade headuarters.
The source revealed Mayor Najib Adabyar and National Directorate of Security (NDS) head for Farah Mohammad . . .
