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, but festivities are still ongoing in the center of the district.
Jan Mohammad Karimi, police chief of Dehraud district, told media that all government buildings and facilities are now under the control of Afghan cops.
According to Karimi, the Taliban had intensified attacks on the district center for the past four days, reaching local establishments in the district.
"The Taliban are present in the western part of the district bazaar. Last night, I checked with the lieutenant general and the deputy security chief of the Ministry of Interior that fresh troops had reached the district and that
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s had been carried out on Taliban positions," said Karimi.
The Dehroud police chief also said the district had been prevented from falling into the hands of the Taliban, but the Taliban were barricading themselves in civilian homes and fighting the Afghan army.
There were casualties on both sides and civilians in the festivities, according to sources, but the exact number is not yet clear.