The Taliban seized the strategic city of Kunduz in Afghanistan and pushed into other provincial capitals, taking advantage of the U.S. withdrawal
In addition to Kunduz, the Taliban captured the provincial capital of Sar-e-Pul and were on the verge of completing the takeover of Taloqan, the capital of nearby Takhar province. The insurgents already
on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday were battling government forces on the outskirts of major urban centers Herat and Kandahar.earlier this summer, have managed to make these dramatic gains even as the U.S. continues airstrikes in support of the Afghan government from bases in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere. Those airstrikes, however, are due to end Aug. 31, in accordance with President Biden’s decision toThe U.S.
Kunduz, the largest city in northeastern Afghanistan with nearly 300,000 residents, has for years been a key target of the Taliban. The insurgents briefly seized it twice before, in 2015 and 2016, but were quickly pushed out by the Afghan military and U.S. Special Forces. An errant U.S. airstrike during the fighting in 2015 hit a trauma hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders, killing 42 people.
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