May 15th, 2018

Taliban militants besiege Farah provincial capital in Afghsanistan

Taliban insurgents launched attacks from multiple directions on the capital of Farah province in western Afghanistan near the border with Iran early Tuesday, killing and wounding “dozens” of security forces, a local official said. Fared Bakhtawer, head of the provincial council, said several security checkpoints in the city of Farah were overrun by Taliban fighters and that an intense gun battle was ongoing.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-taliban-attack-farah-intense-battle-troops-killed-today-2018-5-15/