On January 20, Taliban militants killed two members of the Public Uprising Forces, during clashes, in Orgu District of Badakhshan Province, reports Ariana News. Five villages have fallen to the Taliban, the Provincial Police said on January 21, Sanaullah Rouhani, a spokesman for Badakhshan police told Ariana News that the villages had recently been reclaimed by security forces but were overrun on January 20 by the Taliban.