'Tactical Retreat' Preceded Fall of Nerkh District: Officials
'Tactical Retreat' Preceded Fall of Nerkh District: Officials Following reports about the fall of Nerkh district of Maidan Wardak province to the Taliban, Afghan security officials said that the security forces made a "tactical retreat" from the district. Maidan Wardak's governor said that the security forces retreated from the district as part of a "conspiracy," without further elaborating. He said the district is currently under Taliban control. However, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rejected any kind of "conspiracy" and said that reinforcements have been sent to recapture t...
Source: tolonews.com