Taliban Reportedly Repulses Attacks

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban movement repulsed two overnight opposition attacks, the Afghan Islamic Press, or AIP, reported. One attack came in northeastern Afghanistan when forces loyal to commander Ahmed Shah Masoud launched an offensive against Taliban positions 19 miles north of the town of Taloqan, AIP said. It said the Taliban repelled the opposition after five hours of fighting in which three Taliban and six opposition fighters were killed. AIP said an attack at Imam Sahib in the north was repulsed by the Taliban with no reports of casualties.