KABUL – Oil Reserves in Northern Afghanistan are on verge of fall to AfghanTaliban.

Officials in Sar-e-Pul warned that oil reservoirs in the northern provincewill fall to the Taliban if “serious attention” is not paid to the securitysituation there.

The provincial governor’s spokesman Wahidullah Amani said militaryequipment worth millions of dollars is kept around the oil reservoirs,which according to him are under threat of militants, TOLO News hasreported.

The officials expressed concern as Taliban has resumed attacks on Sar-e-Pulcity from different sides.

In one of these battles on Monday night, at least 20 soldiers were killed,the Sar-e-Pul governor said on Tuesday.

The oil reservoirs are situated 5km from the center of Sar-e-Pul.

“Military equipment, including armored vehicles worth millions of dollars,is stationed around the oil reservoirs,” Amani said.

“Based on promises of security agencies, it was expected that a militaryoperation would kick off in Sar-e-Pul at the end of December last year, butunfortunately there is no sign of this operation so far,” said MohammadNoor Rahmani, head of Sar-e-Pul Provincial Council.