district. Khatumo forces withdrew without fighting. In April 2019, diarrhea symptoms caused by water shortage occurred in Taleh. Taleh has no hospital and is coping with traditional home remedies, with some patients being taken to Las Anod, which is dominated by Somaliland, and others to Garoowe, the capital of Puntland. Policies by Somaliland In December 2019, Somaliland's Minister of Information visited Taleh. In January 2021, the Somaliland government begins voter registration for municipal elections and parliamentary election in Sool region, including Taleh. One polling station was set up in the Taleh area, and the distribution of ballots was scheduled for three days until March 15, but a one-week postponement was announced. In June, preliminary results from the regional parliaments were announced and Kulmiye 6, Wadani 3, UCID 0 are selected in Taleh. Silsilad Conception The notion of the building of fortresses for Dervish inhabitation pre-existed 1902 as Eric Swayne encountered a fort at Halin during the second expedition in 1902, as such, arguably timeframing the building of the Halin fort at 1901. The British War Office stated that Eric Swayne destroyed the fort in 1902, and that it was inhabited by the Ugaadhyahan Dhulbahante subclans of Naleye Ahmed and Nur Ahmed: The second-oldest Dhulbahante fort of the Dervish era is the Dhowre Sheneeleh fort which was constructed at Eyl (Illig) in 1903. According to the British War Office, the castle at Illig was exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan, and in particular by the Bah Ali Gheri subclan of the Dhulbahante: Historian Douglas Jardine concurs with the British War Office that the Dervish capital at Illig (Eyl) was exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante: Human habitation Although the term Taleh or Taleex is often used to describe the entire Dervish fort complex in the town, it more strictly applies to only one of the structures in a four-part compound. The latter complex includes Falat, Silsilad, Dar Ilaalo and Taleh. According to Jardine, prior to Taleh becoming Dervish capital, the Dervish capital had for four years from 1905 onwards been at Eyl, also known as Illig: Horse stable Besides the human habitation, Silsilad also had a horse stable whose substance commonly features in Somali popular culture: Like other poems, horses as a symbol of love can also eruptly turn to belligerence: One Dervish war tactic was hit-and-run, exemplified by dispersion in all directions: Counter-tactics used by colonial forces were dehydrating when blocking