One Killed, 5 Injured As Taliban Shell Provincial Capital In Baghlan - Reports

One Killed, 5 Injured as Taliban Shell Provincial Capital in Baghlan - Reports

One civilian is dead and five others were wounded during Taliban (a terrorist group banned in Russia) mortar attacks in Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of northeastern Baghlan province, the TOLOnews broadcaster reported, citing security sources

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th August, 2021) One civilian is dead and five others were wounded during Taliban (a terrorist group banned in Russia) mortar attacks in Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of northeastern Baghlan province, the TOLOnews broadcaster reported, citing security sources.

The Taliban have reportedly been conducting mortar attacks on Pol-e-Khomri since Sunday night.

On Sunday, the radical Islamist group claimed to have taken control of Kunduz and Sar-e Pol provinces, information denied by the government. A Taliban spokesman also said that they had seized the city of Taleqan, the center of the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar.