An Afghan policeman checks a man at a security checkpoint after Taliban have seized an army base in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2021. Taliban militants have seized an army base in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a member of the provincial council, Abdul Jamih Jami, said Saturday. The official also said 25 security personnel had gone missing. (Str/Xinhhua)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants have seized an army base in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a member of the provincial council, Abdul Jamih Jami, said Saturday.
"The insurgents captured an army base in Arzo village outside provincial capital Ghazni last night," Jami told Xinhua.
The official also said 25 security personnel had gone missing.
The police and the army have yet to make comments on the situation.
In the meantime, Afghanistan's Acting Defense Minister Mohammad Yasin Zia in talks with reporters described the fallen army base as a "small one," saying they would verify the report.
Taliban militants have launched series of attacks since Friday, the eve of the formal withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan before Sept. 11 to end the longest war in American history.
The upcoming Sept. 11 is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that drew the United States into war in Afghansitan. Enditem
