Reuters: Taliban overrun Afghan forces in northeast, killing 18
(Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban fighters aided by foreign militants seized Afghan government checkpoints in a previously stable northeastern province, officials said on Monday as the annual spring fighting season began in the 13-year-old war.
Afghan officials said government forces later took back the district of Jorm in Badakhshan province but said they need reinforcements from the central government in Kabul.
Fighting intensifies each spring as snows that make mountainous areas impassable melt, allowing greater movement of fighters and weapons.
Fighting this year is being closely watched after the end of NATO forces' combat mission left Afghanistan's army and police to fight the resurgent Taliban on their own.
More News On The Afghan War
Grizzly start to Afghanistan's "summer fighting season" -- CBS/AP
Taliban fighters kill 18 Afghan soldiers, beheading eight -- BBC
22 security personnel killed in N. Afghanistan -- Global Post/Xinhua
Taliban kill 18 Afghan soldiers, some beheaded -- AFP
Taliban kill, behead 18 Afghan soldiers -- News24
Police Say Fighting In Northeast Afghanistan Ended With Heavy Taliban Casualties -- Radio Free Europe
Afghanistan: 30 killed as Taliban storm army posts -- Anadolou Agency
Afghan civilian casualties from ground combat rise in 2015 - UN -- UN News Centre
Clashes with Taliban take growing toll on Afghan civilians in 2015 -- Reuters
UN finds 8 percent rise in civilian casualties from Afghanistan ground fighting -- FOX News/AP
Civilian casualties are up ahead of Afghan fighting season -- Stars and Stripes
Civilian Casualties From Rockets in Afghanistan Up 43% in 1Q2015 -- Sputnik
Afghanistan seeks help from Pakistan, China in talks with Taliban -- Asia Times
Top Pentagon lawyer: US still in ‘armed conflict’ in Afghanistan -- The Hill
Who will rule in Afghanistan, the strongmen protecting from the Taliban, or the technocrats trained by the West? -- Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post
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