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Taliban captures a ‘district’ not far away from Kabul
Sun Online Desk
Media outlets in Afghanistan reported that Nirkh district of Maidan Wardak collapsed to the Taliban.
The Ministry of Interior on the other hand says that the Afghan National Defense and Security forces have made a tactical retreat from the region following heavy clashes on Tuesday afternoon.
According to MoI the defense forces retreated after inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban fighters.
Meanwhile, the Taliban said they had seized the district compound, the district police headquarters, district’s intelligence department, and an army base.
In addition to inflicting heavy casualties to the government forces, many other security force members were captured and all their equipment was seized by the Taliban, a Taliban spokesman told media.
UK Military Chief: No Reason for Taliban’s Jihad in Afghanistan
General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom, has said that the Taliban has no justification for their Jihad in Afghanistan now that foreign forces are leaving the country.
In an interview with TOLOnews, General Carter said that the Taliban are now fighting against the Afghan people, and they should avoid the war.
Meanwhile, the Afghan Presidential Palace has said that President Ashraf Ghani in a joint meeting with Gen. Carter and the Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa discussed bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan peace process and ways to end the violence in the country.