By Xinhua,
Kabul : Taliban militants in an overnight action captured Rashedan, a district in Ghazni province, an Afghan official said Friday.
Local witnesses said a group of Taliban militants came into the district Thursday night and controlled the district compound and the whole district without fighting.
Khan Mohmmad Mujahed, provincial police chief, confirmed with Xinhua that the district is now with the insurgents.
Zabihullah Mujahed, a purported spokesman for the Taliban, which is fighting the Afghan government and international troops since being ousted from power in 2001, said Taliban fighters after one-hour fighting with government force controlled the district and captured the district chief and some policemen.
Taliban insurgents usually used blast bombings and overnight ambushes to attack their targets, and currently the militant outfit is said to have control over several districts in southern Afghanistan.