Taliban destroy power pylon in N. Afghanistan

Taliban militants fighting the government to regain power destroyed another pylon in the northern Baghlan province on Sunday, adding to power shortage in the capital city Kabul, a local official said.

"Taliban rebels blew up a power pylon in a village in Baghlan-e-Markazi district today," director of power department in Baghlan province, Ghulam Hussain Haider told reporters here.

The militants early this month destroyed several pylons in Dand-e-Shahabudin district, Baghlan province, plunging the capital city of Kabul to darkness over the past three weeks.

Although the security forces have been fighting Taliban militants in Dand-e-Shahabudin and Dand-e-Ghori districts over the past one month, the government has yet to restore power to Kabul. Enditem