Local sources say that Taliban forces dug up the residence of Matiullah Khan, the former police chief of the district, in the town of Trinkot, central Uruzgan, to find weapons, but found nothing. The Taliban announced that they obtained weapons and ammunition from a hiding place near the home of a former government official.

Local sources say that Taliban forces dug up the residence of Matiullah Khan, the former police chief of the district, in the town of Trinkot, central Uruzgan, to find weapons, but found nothing. The Taliban announced that they obtained weapons and ammunition from a hiding place near the home of a former government official.