Afghanistan: Uruzgan province on brink of collapse could fall into taliban hands
A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants.
Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban.
The Taliban are tightening hold on the province and more areas are falling to them, he added.
Naderi said while the Taliban are in control of half of Uruzgan, heavy fighting is underway in the other half with the Afghan military and security forces, whom he said lack enough capability to hold back the militants.
Spokesman for Uruzgan’s governor Dost Mohammad Nayab, however, dismissed reports on the possibility of collapse of the province, stressing that Afghan military forces are in control of all cities of the province.