Taliban insurgents killed at least seven security forces in coordinated attacks form three different directions on Sayad district in northern Sari Pul province. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said today that insurgents seized control of the strategic Mirzawalang area in Sayad district earlier in the day after two days of intense gun battle with the Afghan Security forces.
He said that 10 Taliban fighters, including two group leaders, were also killed in the battles and four Afghan security officers were injured. The Taliban have stepped up their attacks on the country’s northern provinces recently. The group seized control several months ago of another district in the same province, form where they organized and initiated their attack.