Afghan troops retook control of the north-eastern district of Yamgan Sunday after three weeks of clashes with Taliban rebels, even as rebels in the north took a key district in Kunduz province, officials said, according to dpa. The rebels had been in control of Yamgan district in the north-eastern province of Badakhshan since June 6, but authorities said Sunday they were finally able to push them out. "The security forces were tactically fighting against the rebels in order to prevent civilian casualties," said General Baba Jan, the police chief for the north-eastern province of Badakhshan. "We succeeded to retake the bulk of the district this morning." "One security personnel [staffer] was killed and four injured in the battle with rebels, while more than a hundred rebels were killed and wounded," he said.
