Taliban capture 'peace deal' town

Taliban fighters have overrun a town where British troops pulled out after a peace deal with local tribal elders, government officials and witnesses have said.

The well-armed Taliban fighters took over the district administration office and police headquarters in Musa Qala on Thursday night, witnesses said.

British troops pulled out of Musa Qala in southern Helmand province - the poppy heartland of the world's biggest opium producer and a Taliban stronghold - late last year after striking a deal with tribal elders to keep the Taliban out after months of fighting.

Washington had previously been critical of the Musa Qala pact which was devised by British soldiers who had frequently been attacked by Taliban members in the area.

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