A number of female civil rights activists on Monday held a sit in protest in busy Darulaman Road, close to Deh Mazang circle, in Kabul city to protest against the ongoing battle in Ghazni city. 

Ghazni has been the scene of fierce fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces in the past four days. 

According to the protestors, bodies of fallen security force members and civilians have been lying on the streets in the center of Ghazni for days. 

Some said up to 100 people have been killed in the city in this time.  

Footage received by TOLOnews on Sunday shows bodies scattered through the streets in the city. However, the ministry of defense said on Monday afternoon that the process of recovering bodies is currently underway. 

The battle in Ghazni started in the early hours of Friday when Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack on the city from several directions. 

Afghan chief of army staff General Sharif Yaftali on Sunday said the Taliban had taken up positions inside residential areas and engaged in deadly battles with the security forces. 

Sources meanwhile told TOLOnews on Monday that the Taliban have also launched attacks on other areas in the Ghazni province, including Ajristan district.  

Zaman Ali Hedayat, district chief of Malistan, a district neighboring Ajristan, told the New York Times that at least 30 members of the Afghan commandos and police personnel were killed along with the commander of the local police of Ajristan while they were try to retreat to Daikundi province.

Sources later told TOLOnews that a hundred commandos had gone missing in the area on Monday. 

But on Monday afternoon the ministry of defense said the commandos had been accounted for. The minister, Wais Barmak, said 50 commandos had been in the district – 35 of them retreated safely to Daikundi and the rest were making their way to the province. 

Civil rights protestors have called on the Afghan security institutions to take solid steps towards repelling the Taliban.