An unspecified number of persons have been killed after a Taliban night-time assault on the Afghan city of Ghazni, a provincial capital on the key highway between Kabul and Kandahar.
The provincial government spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori Ghazni said militants took control of parts of the city before being pushed back to the outskirts.
Thirty Taliban fighters and one Afghan security forces’ member were killed in the attack. But the number of casualties is expected to rise as many houses were destroyed.
At least eight civilians and seven government security personnel were injured.
The assault marks the fourth time that the Taliban have entered a provincial city in recent years.
