Kabul : Afghanistan is sending fresh reinforcements to the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni, officials said on Monday, where residents described Taliban fighters openly roaming the streets as dead bodies lie on the roadsides.
Four days after the Taliban launched an assault on the strategic city, the government insists it remains in control of key offices.
But the UN warned of growing humanitarian fears as residents said food and medicine were running short, while an AFP reporter said militants were going door to door and commandeering supplies including water, tea, and wheelbarrows to move injured fighters. President Ashraf Ghani’s office announced the reinforcements for Ghazni, barely two hours drive from Kabul, after a late-night meeting at the presidential palace.
The reinforcements will be sent “as soon as possible”, said Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, a spokesman with the President’s office.
Ghazni residents informed the bodies of militants and soldiers continue to litter the streets, while government offices have been set ablaze by Taliban fighters. The city’s power remained cut, with food prices rising.