Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of the city local lawmakers and residents said.
U.S. aircraft conducted at least four air strikes and local media said around 100 people, mostly members of the security forces, had been killed. But details of the fighting were unclear as most of the city’s telecoms masts were destroyed in fighting.
Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, Afghan Army Chief of Staff, said the city was not under threat of collapse and heavy fighting was under way to push back the Taliban. But lawmakers from Ghazni who managed to talk to some residents said Taliban were in control of much of the city after launching an attack in the early hours of Friday.