An animated map showing how and when the Taliban captured 26 out of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in just 10 days. August 14 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province Taliban fighters captured Mazar-i-Sharif – the country’s fourth-largest city with a strong defence, as it took control of the entire north of the country. Feruz Koh, Ghor province Taliban fighters took control of …
After the Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul and broke through defensive lines in Afghanistan’s third-largest city on Thursday, it took over Herat Police headquarters in Western Afghanistan. #BREAKING Taliban take over Herat police HQ in western Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/uADL8dEctS — AFP News Agency August 12, 2021 Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city and the capital of a province with the …
