Kandahar, Afghanistan ? Hundreds of Afghan and coalition soldiers reclaimed one southern town from the Taliban without incident Tuesday and were planning to recapture another, an Afghan official said.

The troops descended on Naway-i-Barakzayi, taking back the town after Taliban fighters fled, said Amir Mohammed Akhunzada, the deputy governor of Helmand province. Insurgents torched a police compound, a health clinic and a school before leaving, he said.

“The Afghan flag has been raised back over the compound,” Akhunzada said.

The troops were planning to move onto Garmser, a town of several thousand that was captured by militants Sunday, Akhunzada said. He did not say when operations there would begin.

U.S.-led forces declared earlier Tuesday that the towns would be taken back in “decisive operations.” They declined to comment on Akhunzada’s report.