KABUL* – A local official in Uruzgan Province, central Afghanistanannounced that Taliban has taken control of Chenartu city.*
Local source said that about 40 military forces were killed, injured orarrested.
The army forces were deployed in Chenartu Governorate building, he said.
From among 60 soldiers, 15 of them could escape and about 45 others werekilled, injured or arrested, he added.
Uruzgan is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in thecenter of the country, although the area is culturally and tribally linkedto Kandahar Province in the south.