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The Afghan Taliban overran two district centers in the east while Afghan forces regained control of another which has changed hands several times over the past year. Afghan officials confirmed that the district of Zana Khan in Ghazni was overrun, while the Taliban claimed to have seized Gomal in Paktika province. Afghan officials then said that security forces regained control of Jani Khel in Paktia, however the Taliban has denied that claim. A member of Ghazni’s provincial council said that the Taliban killed four policeman and confiscated two “tanks” (likely up-armored HUMVEEs) and several Ranger pickup trucks after  storming the Zana Khan district center . Taliabn spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that a Taliban force inflicted “multiple enemy casualties” and “lots of weapons/equipment seized” during the operation. The Taliban  claimed it  “took over the center of the district of Gomal and its checkpoints in Paktika province during an intense fighting following an offensive last