Taliban briefly overrun east Afghanistan district

[unhappycamper]

Taliban briefly overrun east Afghanistan district
By RAHIM FAIEZ
The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban briefly overran a district seat in eastern Afghanistan, torching government buildings and capturing police officers after an intense gunfight, officials said Monday.

The government was back in control of Ghazni province's Khogyani district headquarters a few hours later, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary, adding that three rooms in the government headquarters had been burned and a vehicle damaged. He did not have any information on casualties.

Local police chief Mohammad Yasin, who wasn't there during the attacks, said government buildings were captured and set on fire.

All the police guarding the district headquarters were either killed or taken prisoner, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said, and their weapons and vehicles were confiscated.

He put out a press release later saying the Taliban had left the district after damaging the headquarters.

[Incognitus Czar]

1. another sad day in Afghan and US history

I say it's high time that the US pulled out all their forces from Afghanistan and leave the Afghans to the fate of the Taliban.