Members of a local militia in the northern province of Baghlan province attacked Taliban forces on Friday, and fighting continued Saturday, both sides said.

Pictures and video posted on social media showed anti-Taliban militia fighters celebrating capturing some government buildings in Baghlan, along with military and police vehicles. The militia said, in social media posts, that it had killed some Taliban fighters.

Three districts in the Baghlan province are now under the militia’s control, said Ahmad Yasin Zia, who stepped down as the Afghan army’s chief of staff earlier this year and has left the country.

A Taliban official said the militia had captured some territory, terming it a “distraction” as the group prepares to declare a new national government with itself in charge. The militants had declared the war over earlier this week.