The Taliban captured the Darqad district of northern Takhar province after a two-hour battle with security forces on Wednesday, an official said. Atiq Haideri, the deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents launched a predawn group…
Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on Wednesday said he had established defence councils of former mujahideen in northeastern Badakhshan and Takhar provinces. “I established the defence councils to cooperate with security forces in their respective areas,” Rabbani told a…
Lack of coordination among local departments has led to spiraling insecurity in northern Takhar province, head of the Provincial Council (PC) says on Thursday. Takhar was one of the secure provinces but anti-state rebels have recently stepped up…
