Taliban fighters killed a governor and took control of his district in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out throughout the u . s ., officers stated on Tuesday, accusing the militants of defying the begin of a central authority ceasefire with them.
there was excessive fighting among Afghan protection forces and Taliban gunmen inside the northern provinces of Faryab and Sari Pul, with officers reporting an unspecified number of casualties on both facets.
The governor of Kohistan district in Faryab become killed at the side of 8 others in an ambush in a single day, provincial governor spokesman Jawed Bidar told AFP, blaming the Taliban.
He said the militants had seized manipulate of the district. That changed into confirmed by using provincial police chief Nabi Jan Mullah Khail.