The Taliban controls or contests several districts in the Afghan province and routinely launches attacks on security forces in government-controlled areas. The insurgent group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said by telephone that after the attack in Khuja Omari -- not far from the provincial capital also called Ghazni -- all security posts in the district were under Taliban control. Last month Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) officials in Baghlan province said that unknown men destroyed a key power pylon in Kelagai in the province. Separately, officials confirmed Saturday that an overnight Taliban attack in the western city of Farah killed at least seven Afghan soldiers and wounded several others.
The Taliban destroy an electricity pylon in Doshe, Baghlan, Afghanistan, overnight. The pylon carries imported power from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and its destruction causes widespread blackouts across several provinces and in capital Kabul.