TALIBAN MOVE CLOSER TO KABUL AFTER TAKING GHAZNI CITY

Thu 12 August 2021:

On Thursday, the Taliban took control of Ghazni, the ninth provincial capital in a week, Reuters reported.

While US intelligence warned that the capital, Kabul, just 150 kilometers to the northeast, may fall to the insurgents within 90 days.

A senior security official said the Taliban had captured Ghazni, which is on the highway between Kabul and the second city of Kandahar, and had occupied all of its government agency headquarters after heavy clashes.

“All local government officials, including the provincial governor, have been evacuated towards Kabul,” said the official who declined to be identified.

In the southern city of Kandahar, fighting has also been fierce. A doctor stated late Wednesday that the city hospital has received scores of bodies of members of the security forces as well as several injured Taliban.

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The Taliban said they had captured Kandahar’s provincial prison.

“Fighting did not stop until 4 a.m. and then after the first prayers it started up again,” said an aid worker in Kandahar.

Kandahar and other southern and eastern regions bordering Pakistan have long been Taliban strongholds, but they have made the most progress in recent weeks in the north.

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