Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District

Afghan security forces recaptured Barg-e-Matal district of the eastern Nooristan province on Sunday night that had come under Taliban control on Saturday night, local officials say

Afghan Security Forces started their operations on Sunday night and wiped out Taliban insurgents from the area, said the governor of Nooristan, Jamaluddin Badder.

Barg-e-Matal district came under the control of Taliban when a group of 700 Afghan and Pakistani Taliban militants invaded the district of Saturday night.

No casualties have been reported in last night's attacks.

The governor of Nooristan had told TOLOnews on Sunday that Afghan troops were forced to evacuate the area to prevent civilian casualties, but Taliban put fire to the people's houses after they captured the district.

President Karzai has ordered to increase the number of police forces in the province to overcome the situation.

Taliban have captured Barg-e-Matal district two times in the past two months.

Meanwhile, five Afghan police were wounded in an attack conducted by Taliban insurgents in Wygal district of Nooristan province.

A group of government opposition forces attacked a police checkpoint in the district, in which two Taliban militants were killed and another was wounded, the Police Chief of Nooristan told TOLOnews.

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