GHAZNI CITY (SW) – After a year, the security forces managed to retake the Khwaja Umari district of Ghazni province from the Taliban insurgents.
Spokesman for the provincial governor, Mohammad Arif Noori, told Salam Watandar the security forces reclaimed the district from the insurgents this morning. The Ministry of Defense has confirmed it.
Governor Ghazni, Waheedullah Kaleemzay, told a press conference in this connection on Friday that all public offices would be activated here upon deployment of additional troops.
A provincial council member, Hassan Reza Yosufi, told SW the insurgents torched administration compound and material. He feared the insurgents might have placed landmines before leaving the district.
The Taliban have not commented on this.
Last month, the security forces also reclaimed Deh Yak district from the Taliban in the same province.
This comes as the minister for defense, Assadullah Khalid, recently vowed during a trip to Zabul province that all areas under the control of the insurgents would be reclaimed.
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