Taliban Control Strategic District in Ghazni Province

9/26/2014 7:21:43 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kabul September 26 (QNA) - Taliban fighters have seized control of a strategic district in the Afghan province of Ghazni killing nearly 20 people including women and children officials say.

Deputy provincial police chief Asadullah Ensafi said today that intense fighting between government forces and the militants had been going on for four days in the Ajrestan district according to Pajhwok Afghan news agency reported.

Ensafi said the militants had beheaded 12 people including local police officers and their family members. The militants have overrun three villages setting fire to houses the official said.

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said additional troops will be sent to Ajrestan to prevent the district falling to the insurgents. (QNA)

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