Taliban captures key Afghan dam as fighting rages
The Hindu
The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s second-biggest dam after months of fierce fighting in their former bastion of Kandahar, the insurgents and officials said on Thursday.Dahla Dam, which provides i
The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s second-biggest dam after months of fierce fighting in their former bastion of Kandahar, the insurgents and officials said on Thursday. Dahla Dam, which provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water for the provincial capital, was now under Taliban control, local officials said. “We have seized the Dahla Dam in Arghandab,” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said.More Related News
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