Afghanistan forces beef up defence of flashpoint city

By Hamid Shalizi and Rupam Jain KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces backed by U.S. advisers and air strikes fought on Monday to drive Taliban fighters out of the flashpoint city of Ghazni, where hundreds of people have been killed or wounded during four days of fighting. The Taliban attack on Ghazni, a strategic centre on the main highway linking the capital Kabul with southern Afghanistan, is a blow to President Ashraf Ghani weeks before a parliamentary election is due and dampens hopes of a start to peace talks

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