Afghan security and defense authorities said on Tuesday that a base in Darzab district of northern Jowzjan province was shifted to due extreme cold weather.
The base in Tapa Antan area was shifted to another location in the district, authorities said in a statement.
It said that the new location is geographically and strategically better as compared with the previous one.
Darzab district’s center had fallen to the Taliban three months ago, said Abdul Maruf Azar, a spokesman for provincial governor.
He said that Afghan forces based in Tapa Antan were carrying out operations, including defusing bombs.
Azar said thatdiscovering bombswas not possible after snow blanketed the region, therefore Afghan forces left the base for Maimana, the capital city of neighbouring Faryab province.
