Taliban fighters overrun town
Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left in October after reaching a contentious peace agreement, destroying the government center and temporarily holding elders hostage, officials and residents said.
Two residents of Musa Qala estimated that 200 to 300 Taliban fighters had overtaken the town. They said the fighters took weapons from police Wednesday and destroyed the government center late Thursday.
Col. Tom Collins, a spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, said an “unknown number” of militants had entered Musa Qala.
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