Taliban capture remote Afghan district

KABUL: Dozens of Taliban militants captured a remote district in central Afghanistan overnight, killing one police officer and injuring two others, the interior ministry said Monday.Local security forces fled "under lots of pressure" after the insurgents stormed into Ghazni province's Ajiristan district, 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of Kabul, shortly after midnight, spokesman Zemarai Bashary told foreign news agency. "Security forces abandoned the district centre after Taliban attacked. They withdrew under lots of pressure," the spokesman said. "One police was killed and two others were injured," he said."We're working on a plan to retake the district," Bashary said, without giving details.