Baghlan provincial council on Friday warns if the security situation is not tackled seriously the province will collapse to the Taliban.After the Taliban attacked Dahan-e-Ghori more than ten military checkpoints and villages collapsed to the Taliban.
Baghlan provincial council said that Taliban has taken control of villages in Dahan-e-Ghori one after the other and if the Taliban is not stopped soon all Dahan-e-Ghori villages will fall to the Taliban which will lead to the fall of Puli-khumri - the capital of Baghlan province.‎
"It has been three months that the Taliban are active, why have the governor and other officials not been able to remove insecurities and why could they not control the conspiracy," said Bismillah Attash provincial council member.
Meanwhile families of those soldiers under siege by Taliban said that if reinforcement forces do not arrive soon in Dahan-e-Ghori they will lose their sons.
"We urgently request extra troops because we are under siege here. Three hundred Taliban attacked," said Ghulam Sakhi a resident.
"If Dahan-e-Ghori district collapses then Puli-khomri will also collapse," said Shamuddin another resident.
Taliban attacked Dahan-e-Ghori district on Wednesday and so far they have captured ten military checkpoints and several villages.