Taliban offensives cause 5,000 families homeless in N. Afghan province: official

SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Some 5,000 families have fled their homes for safer places, as a Taliban onslaught in Tabar valley of Sangcharak district in northern Afghanistan's Sari Pul province have been continuing over the past four days, head of Provincial Council Mohammad Noor Rahmani said Friday.