...mindless ferocity in a turban...: Balkh district in Balkh, Dushi district in Baghlan and Ali Abad district in Kunduz.
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
local sources said that over the past 24 hours the Taliban has captured several districts from the ANDSF in the country.
The districts which fell to the Taliban are Gul Tapa, Ali Abad and Chahardara districts in Kunduz, Baghlan-e-Markazi and Nahrain districts in Baghlan, Khamab and Qarqin districts in Jawzjan, Jaghato in Maidan Wardak, Lajmangal and Ahmadkhel in Paktia, Shajoy in Zabul, Maiwand in Kandahar and Choora in Uruzgan.
In the northern part of the country, fighting continues in these quiet provincial capitals: Kunduz city in Kunduz, Maimana in Faryab, Taluqan in Takhar, Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan and Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
city in Sar-e-Pul.
Local sources said that the war has now reached the outskirts of Kunduz city. They said that the security forces have also withdrawn from the Sher Khan Bandar port area, which borders Tajikistan.
| With the fall of 13 district centers in the past 24 hours, the total number of centers taken by the Taliban in the past two months is 70. |
"Kunduz is under attack from three or four directions, the situation is distressing, the shops are locked," said Imamuddin, a resident in Kunduz.
The fighting in Kunduz is displacing people.
"We have been destroyed, there is no way to go to Kabul or other areas," said Ainuddin, a resident of Kunduz city.
"Special operation units have changed and are in control of the situation, we are now at the frontline," said Mohammad Ali Yazadani, the commander of Special Operation Corps.
According to reports, fighting is also underway between the ANDSF and the Taliban in suburbs of Pul-e-Khumri city.
"Pul-e-Khumri city will not fall, at any cost. The people should carry on their business and duties with a peaceful mind," said Safiullah Mazlom, the head of the Baghlan security department.
Fighting was also reported in the city of Maimana in Faryab and Taluqan in Takhar.
"If the central government does not concentrate, we will witness a human tragedy and human catastrophe," said Lotfullah, a resident in Takhar province.
"Faryab is on the verge of collapse, the people of Faryab are very concerned," said Darwish, a resident in Faryab.
"If the central government does not take action, we will lose Samkanai, Janikhel and all of Paktia," said Taj Mohammad Mangal, a member of Paktia's provincial council.
"All problems will be resolved very soon," said Ajmal Omar Shinwari, a front man for the ANDSF.
With the fall of 13 district centers in the past 24 hours, the total number of centers taken by the Taliban in the past two months is 70.
...out of a total of 421.
Khaama Press adds:
Dushi is a key and strategic territory within Baghlan province that connects nine provinces in the north and north-east with the capital and central provinces of Afghanistan.Khaama Press adds: