Taliban fighters attack 👮police

Taliban fighters captured 2⃣ district centres in northern and central Afghanistan, as Afghan forces fight to contain a growing insurgency across the country.

Ghor's Taywara district fell to the Taliban, after several days of clashes with Afghan security forces💂

The central province of Ghor shares borders with 2 insecure provinces, Farah in the northwest and Helmand in the south, both of which are known as strongholds for Taliban fighters

In Faryab's Lawlash district, 2 police officers were killed, when Taliban used the cover of darkness to attack and set 🔥fire to the 👮police headquarters buildings.

There was surge in fighting in several northern and southern Afghan provinces in recent days, including in Helmand in the south where 16 Afghan 👮police officers were killed by a 🇺🇸US ✈air strike on Friday night.

The 🇺🇸US is actively considering sending more troops to Afghanistan and 🇺🇸US commanders there have requested thousands of extra soldiers💂on the ground.

UCJ, UNILORIN.