Friday, September 26, 2014

Hundreds Of Afghan-Taliban Fighters Have Stormed And Captured A Strategic District Sothwest of Kabul

Ghazni province, Afghanistan. VOA

Deadly Taliban Offensive Gains Ground In East Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera

An attack by an estimated 700 Taliban fighters that began five days ago has left more than 100 people dead

Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a strategic district in an Afghan province southwest of the capital and are on the verge of capturing it after killing dozens of people and beheading some in days of fighting, officials said Friday.

The Ghazni provincial government has lost contact with police in the province's western district of Ajrestan, said Asadullah Safi, deputy police chief of the area. An army unit reported that fighting was raging late on Friday afternoon, another provincial official said.

"If there is no urgent help from the central government, the district will collapse," Safi said earlier.

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More News On The Latest Taliban Offensive In Afghanistan

Taliban storm Afghan district southwest of capital, 100 killed -- Reuters
Taliban Captures Afghan Province, Killing 100 -- SKY News
Taliban Kills 100 Near Kabul, Beheadings Reported In Ghazni Province Amid Week-Long Offense -- IBTimes
Now Taliban try to seize ISIS crown for brutality as they launch massive offensive and behead civilians -- Daily Mail
80 Afghans killed, 12 of them beheaded, in Taliban offensive -- AFP
Taliban Overrun Several Afghan Villages -- VOA
Taliban kills 100, beheads 15 in Afghanistan -- UPI
Taliban in Afghanistan behead 12 family members of police -- Washington Times
Taliban storms Afghan region, kills 100 in days, amid incomplete power handover -- RT
Taliban militants eye Afghan district, killing scores -- Global Post/Xinhua News Agency

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