Taliban 'seize Afghan district'

NATO troops are currently conducting heavy operations in the south while US forces are working in the east and north of the country.

The Taleban have ousted Afghan security forces from a district headquarters in western Farah province, police say. Government forces beat a retreat after days of fighting, Farah police chief Sayed Aqa Saqib told the BBC.

It sounds like fairly light fighting relative to elsewhere in the country, but if you look at the accompanying map, it's not like they just flowed over the border into this province. They must've been getting local support.