The Taliban has seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters to complete a blitz across the country's north-east. 9News
"I think what I would say to President Ghani is if you remain spread out everywhere, the Taliban will be able to continue to apply their current approach with success," warned Ben Barry, the senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The US military, which plans to complete its withdrawal by the end of the month, has conducted some airstrikes but largely has avoided involving itself in the ground campaign. "The situation is under control in the city, our mujahedeen are patrolling in the city," one Taliban fighter who did not give his name said, referring to his fellow insurgents as "holy warriors."Hujatullah Kheradmand, a lawmaker from Badakhshan, said the Taliban had seized his province's capital, Faizabad.
It wasn't immediately clear what equipment was left behind for the insurgents, though a Taliban video showed them parading in Humvees and utilities. Another video showed fighters on the airport's tarmac next to an attack helicopter without rotor blades. An injured man inside a car after fighting between Taliban and security personnel inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.
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