Taliban eye Ghazni

LONDON: Taliban fighters have surrounded the city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan, taking over civilians’ homes to fight security forces, officials said on Monday, the latest urban centre under threat from the insurgents.
Clashes between the two sides are also continuing in the southern province of Kandahar, locals said. Fawad Aman, a spokesman for the ministry of defence, said the situation in Kandahar was “under control of Afghan forces”.