[Tolo News] Governor for Nuristan province Sunday announced that the Taliban took full control of Barg-e-Matal district on Saturday night.Provincial governor, Jamaluddin Badar said that Afghan security forces on Saturday night withdrew from the district because of a lack in weapons and also in order to avoid civilian casualties.
The Taliban have set houses in the district on fire, he said.
While Provincial officials said that the number of deaths left by the Taliban raid is not clear, but Nooristan Police Chief highlighted that at least, 28 bad boyz were killed in the attack. "In a bid to prevent civilian deaths, our forces drove to the northern part of the province at 11pm. currently, the Taliban have full control of the district," said Jamaluddin Badar in a contact form the province.
Some days ago, nearly 700 Pakistaini and Afghan Taliban were surrounded in the Barg-e-Matal district, when they were trying to capture the challenging district.
The provincial governor had warned frequently that if the central government and foreign forces do not cooperate, the district would fall in the hands of the Taliban.
The central government lost it control over the district at a time that the Afghan President made a commitment of full security transmission to the Afghan forces by 2014 just last week in a conference of top foreign officials.