Taliban capture northern base as Afghan forces fight in Ghazni

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Taliban capture northern base as Afghan forces fight in Ghazni

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Taliban fighters overran an army base in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday (Aug 14), killing at least 17 soldiers with dozens feared captured in a stinging blow to security forces already struggling to push insurgents from eastern Ghazni.

The fall of the base in Ghormach district of volatile Faryab province came with security forces - who have struggled to hold back the Taliban since NATO combat troops pulled out in 2014 - already stretched by the days of fighting in Ghazni, a strategic provincial capital two hours from Kabul.
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Militants gained control of the base after days of heavy fighting, according to army spokesman for northern Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Rezaee.

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/13/afghan-forces-battle-taliban-for-key-city-for-four/

120 Afghan forces, civilians killed in battle with Taliban
By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Four days of ferocious fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital has claimed the lives of about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians, the defense minister said Monday.

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/foreign-fighters-involved-in-assault-on-ghazni-afghan-defense-minister-says.php
Foreign fighters involved in assault on Ghazni, Afghan defense minister says

The government really got routed in this battle.