Freedom Front reports repelling Taliban attacks in Zibak, Badakhshan

Kabul Times News — The Afghan Freedom Front has announced that its forces have repelled Taliban attacks on their positions in Zibak district of Badakhshan province.

The front’s statement said that the Taliban, this morning, September 1, 1405 AH, under the command of the group’s deputy commander of the northeast army corps, attacked the positions of the Freedom Front forces from several directions; but these attacks ended without any results.

According to the Freedom Front, after the front’s forces launched a counterattack, the Taliban commander was forced to leave the area and the group’s members retreated to their positions behind the front line after suffering casualties and losses.

The front also claimed that a mortar shell from its forces hit a Taliban semi-heavy weapon position, and as a result, the fire of a Taliban fighter stopped.

The statement continued by saying that the dead and wounded Taliban from the battlefield have been transferred to the Zibak Clinic and Baharak District Health Office.

The Freedom Front says that its forces, while maintaining their strongholds and fortifications, have also moved to several other important points.

Kabul Times News cannot independently verify the claims made about casualties and details of the conflict.