Local officials in northern Faryab province said on Monday that at least 60 security force members are under siege by the Taliban following the fall of Kohistan district to the insurgents on Sunday.
Kohistan district fell to the Taliban early Sunday after heavy clashes between security forces and the insurgents.
“Thirty army special forces, 20 soldiers and 10 national policemen have been surrounded by the insurgents in Khair Abad village which is 1.5 kilometers far from center of the district since yesterday,” a spokesman for the provincial governor, Abdul Karim Youresh said.
“The clashes still continue in the area and the Taliban have told the tribal elders that if the security forces do not surrender to them, they will kill them all,” Youresh said.