Taliban Seize Rural District in Southwest as Police Flee
The police in Baqwa town warned their provincial headquarters that the Taliban were advancing in such large numbers they could not hold the district office, according to Baryalai Khan, the secretary to the provincial police chief.
Taliban forces have often overrun district offices in the past, sacking them and then usually leaving after a few hours. But this year they have seized and held entire regions.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Things get worse in Afghanistan
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