Taliban militants have claimed that the group recaptured the Korengal valley in eastern Afghanistan, seizing huge piles of ammunition from foreign troops.
The group retook the mountainous region after US military forces left the area last week.
NATO had earlier said it ended a mission that saw some of the most intense fighting of the nearly nine-year US occupation of the country.
The pullout was aimed at repositioning troops and concentrating them in urban areas, according to US officials.
The Taliban said the group seized huge piles of ammunition and fuel left behind by the US-led forces, saying they would plan to use the ammunition.
Korengal, in eastern Kunar province, is known as the Valley of Death by US forces.
Fighting in the area has claimed the lives of at least 42 American troops over the past five years. |