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Screen grab from an AFPTV video taken on August 12, 2018 shows an injured man receiving medical treatment at Ghazni Provincial Hospital in the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni. [AFP]
At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni, a government minister said Monday, and four days after the fighting began.
The announcement came as fresh reinforcements were deployed to the provincial capital and air strikes targeted Taliban positions, according to defence minister Tariq Shah Bahrami.
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