Mazar-e-Sharif
Afghanistan security forces repel Taliban attack on Mazar-e-Sharif
Mazar-e-Sharif: Balkh governor Mohammad Farhad Azimi on Tuesday confirmed that the country's security forces have pushed back a Taliban offensive on Mazar-e-Sharif city and retook Nahr-e-Shahi district in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Azimi said that on Monday night the ANDSF and the Taliban clashed in Nahr-e-Shahi district and Dehdadi district.
He said the Taliban retreated from the area after facing strong resistance from the Afghan security forces.
“The Taliban have focused their attention on Balkh province to take control,” Azimi told Khaama Press.
“We managed to recapture this area while facing strong resistance and with the help of air support,” Sultan Musavi, the police chief of Nahr-e-Shahi told the news agency.
Nahr-e-Shahidi is located adjacent to Mazar-e-Sharif.
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