Latest Updates on Afghanistan, 80 Taliban killed

As a result of Taliban attacks on various districts of Baghlan province, government forces withdrew from Barakeh district.

1- According to the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, 80 Taliban members were killed and 59 others were wounded in the past 24 hours in Ghazni, Logar, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Helmand and Baghlan provinces. Also, 115 explosive traps and roadside bombs were discovered and defused by the army.

2- Baghlan:
– The Taliban claimed to have captured the districts of Barakeh. Local officials in the districts are said to have left the districts’s administrative buildings after a two-year siege, and the Barakeh has been captured by the Taliban without a fight.

– At least nine security personnel have been killed and 16 others captured during Taliban attacks on a checkpoint on the outskirts of Baghlan. The Taliban also looted seven Humvee armored vehicles.

– As a result of the heavy Taliban attack on Alingar area, several villages have been captured by this group.