The Taliban on Thursday captured two more major cities and provincial capitals – Kandahar and Herat – in Afghanistan, AP reported. They al...
The Taliban on Thursday captured two more major cities and provincial capitals – Kandahar and Herat – in Afghanistan, AP reported. They also captured another strategically important provincial capital of Ghazni further squeezing the area that remains under the control of the Afghan government.
Kandahar and Herat are the second and third-largest cities of the country after Capital Kabul. Meanwhile, the capture of Ghazni cut off a crucial highway linking Kabul with the country’s southern provinces, according to Al-Jazeera.
By taking the three cities, Taliban has now asserted control over 12 of the country’s 34 provincial capitals.
A Taliban spokesperson tweeted videos on Thursday claiming them to be from important centres in the cities of Herat and Kandahar.
کندهار د بشپړې فتحې په حال کې.
— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) August 12, 2021
مجاهدين د شهيدانو چوک ته را ورسيدل. الحمدلله والمنة pic.twitter.com/EFCG4eDGFm
#عاجل:
— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) August 12, 2021
د هرات ولایت امنیه قومندانۍ فتحه شوه.
دښمن د تلفاتو په لیدلو سره وتښتید او قومنداني په بشپړ توګه د مجاهدینو په کنترول کې شوه.
لسګونه، نظامي وسائط، وسلې او مهمات د مجاهدینو لاس ته ورغلل.
جګره روانه ده، مجاهدین د ولایت او استخباراتو په لور د پرمختګ په حال کې دي.
احمدی pic.twitter.com/XaSiTI9pHK
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