Fierce War Continues Between Taliban And Afghan Army

Fierce war continues between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Balkh, Takhar. There is fierce war between Afghanistan and the Taliban.

Local media reports quoted provincial officials as saying heavy fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants has been going on since Sunday night in the country’s northern provinces of Balkh and Takhar.

Sources said that heavy fighting is going on in the Dehdadi district in Balkh since Sunday night. The clashes are close to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh, and the Pul-e-Imam Bukhari area.

Tolo News reported that defense lines would be crossed if more forces were not sent to the province.

Security forces backed by public rebel forces took back control of Farquhar and Vorsaj districts in Takhar on Sunday after they withdrew from the capital city of the taluk.

Tolo News said the government and the Taliban were yet to confirm the news.

The Taliban now control all districts in Helmand province and are fighting Afghan national defense and security forces in the provincial capital, Lashkargah.

At the same time, Toofan Omari, the editor-in-chief of Afghanistan’s Paktia Ghag radio station, was assassinated on Sunday in Deh Sabj district of Kabul.

While the Taliban took a journalist hostage in the Helmand province of war-torn Afghanistan.

Let us tell you that the Taliban’s aggressive attack has killed many security personnel and innocent civilians.

Several reports have claimed that the group is looting innocent civilians after capturing various areas.

The militant group’s recent clashes turned aggressive soon after US troops began leaving war-torn Afghanistan in large numbers under a new peace deal signed between Washington and the Taliban in February last year.

Islamic militants attack 51 civilians in Mali.

Some people have been killed in an attack by Islamic militants in central Mali, near the border with Niger.

A district administrator said on Monday that Islamist militants raided three areas in central Mali, killing at least 51 people.

A note was sent by the Assongo district administrator to the governor of the Gao region, according to the note that the cities of Otagouna, Karaou, and Deuteguef were simultaneously attacked around 6 pm.

The note said houses were vandalized, the ground was set on fire and a herd of cattle was taken away by the militants.

At least 51 innocent people were killed and many others were injured in this attack.

According to the note, he has also requested the military escort to help with the funeral, reassure the population and offer condolences to the bereaved families.

No Islamic extremist group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, where Mali military, French and European forces, and UN peacekeepers are battling Islamic State and al-Qaeda-linked rebels.

Mali’s military spokesman, Colonel Souleimen Dembele, confirmed the attack but did not give further details to the media.

Local sources told Reuters that militants were stationed at the entrances of the cities and opened indiscriminate fire at civilians.