...mindless ferocity in a turban...currently in 20 provinces.
He said there is heavy fighting in Kunduz, Kandahar, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Faryab and Maidan Wardak provinces.
"We had fears about Kandahar, however. three months ago, by the grace of Allah, these concerns are gone. You witnessed the Arghandab operation which started two months ago despite the huge number of landmines," said Alizai.
The Taliban are currently controlling ten districts in Helmand, Zabul, Jawzjan, Badghis and Badakhshan provinces. The security agencies however have not said that what plans they have made to retake these districts.
Recently the Taliban claimed to have captured Charkh district in Pashtun-infested Logar.
But the Afghan security officials said that they relocated the government offices from Charkh to another place because of a shortage of facilities.
"They pretend that they are deployed at schools and mosques, but there haven't been any mosques or schools in the area over the past 20 years," said Matiullah Sarwar, a member of Pashtun-infested Logar's provincial council.
The government meanwhile sent a delegation to Pashtun-infested Logar to investigate reports of the collapse of Charkh to the Taliban.
Residents in Pashtun-infested Logar have said that the government’s control in Pashtun-infested Logar’s Kharwar, Barakibarak and Charkh are limited to government buildings.