Afghanistan’s radical movement the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) has seized the city of Tarinkot, the administrative center of Uruzgan province in the center of the country, APA reports citing TASS.
He said the chief of the police force and all police units, as well as Afghan army soldiers who were defending it, have taken the Taliban’s side. Earlier, Uruzgan’s Governor Mohammad Omar Sherzad said the tribes’ elders had called for ending the war with the Taliban after several days of fighting for Tarinkot.
According to Al Jazeera, the Taliban currently controls 15 provinces. Earlier on Friday, Newsweek Pakistan magazine said the Taliban controlled about 67% of Afghanistan’s territory.
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