Afghan Forces attack Taliban, retake towns as Top Leaders Plan an Official visit to U.S.

Afghan government forces have retaken territories captured by the Taliban in the northern parts of the war-torn country as the Nation’s Top Leaders are set to travel to Washington for talks with U.S. officials. In an operation by “government and public uprising forces,” Bangi and Khwaja Ghar districts in the northern Takhar province were recaptured from Taliban militants, Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry announced in a statement on Monday. “The districts were cleared of Taliban this morning,” said the official statement, pointing out that the operation was launched late Sunday night with aerial support from the country’s Air Force. “The Taliban escaped…