Strategic province of Afghanistan on verge of fall to Afghan Taliban
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KABUL - A strategic Afghanistan FARAH province is on verge of fall to the Afghan Taliban as resurgent Taliban are knocking the doors of the provincial headquarters.
Intense fighting broke out between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Taliban offshoots in the province a week ago following an offensive on government forces in different parts of Farah including the strategic town of Anar Dara which resulted in the death of dozens of government soldiers, TOLO News has reported.
According to Farah residents, resurgent Taliban launches coordinated attacks on security outposts on a daily basis.
The residents said the militants took over many security outposts since the fighting broke out between the two sides a week ago.
Reports indicate that in a recent spate of violence, Taliban fighters launched an attack on two security check points in Dehak village which is a closest vicinity to the provincial capital, Farah City, and killed several security force members.
Unconfirmed reports say that reinforcements were not sent to the area to help soldiers under Taliban siege and it led to a massacre of the officers by the Taliban.
