By Faridullah Hussainkhail
Armed insurgents set a telecommunication tower alight on Monday night in Nangarhar province, local officials said Wednesday.
Provincial governor’s spokesman Attullah Khogyani, confirmed the incident and said it was an MTN tower in Bati Kot district.
The insurgents fled the area. No causalities were reported in the incident.
No group has claimed responsibility yet for the incident.
Earlier this year, officials from the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA), said hundreds of towers around the country are under threat on account of a strategy being employed by the Taliban and other militant groups involving the extortion of money from private telecom companies operating in Afghanistan.
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