Taliban forces storm major Afghan city before being repelled by U.S.-backed government forces
2018-08-11 09:34:24 source：The Washington Post
August 10, 2018
KABUL — Taliban forces launched a fierce pre-dawn attack Friday on the eastern Afghan provincial capital of Ghazni, overrunning government buildings amid heavy fighting before being driven out by U.S.-backed Afghan forces, officials said Friday.
But conflicting reports persisted into the evening, with some indicating that the strategic city was still partly in Taliban hands and that the insurgents remained bunkered inside homes and other buildings after hours of battles with Afghan police and attacks by U.S. military helicopters. At least 14 members of government security forces were reported killed.
The assault on Ghazni by several hundred Taliban fighters was the group’s first major urban attack since May, when insurgent forces overran Farah city, the capital of western Farah province, and were driven out in a two-day battle. It was also reminiscent of previous Taliban efforts to capture provincial capitals, including Kunduz in the north.
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