Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz

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BREAKING: Afghan officials, Taliban say militants seize Ghazni amid US pullout; insurgents now hold 10 of 34 provincial capitals.

The militants raised their white flags imprinted with a famous Islamic proclamation of faith over the city of Ghazni, just 130 kilometers southwest of Kabul. Sporadic fighting continued at an intelligence base and an army installation outside the city, two local officials told The Associated Press.

Kamrani alleged that Ghazni’s provincial governor and police chief made a deal with the Taliban to flee after their surrender. Taliban video and photos purported to show the governor’s convoy passing by Taliban fighters unstopped as part of the deal. The two officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Niazi said she believed the Taliban attack killed and wounded security force members, but she had no casualty breakdown. Another suicide car bombing targeted the provincial prison, but the government still held it, she said. The Taliban’s other advances have seen the militants free hundreds of its members over the last week, bolstering their ranks while seizing American-supplied weapons and vehicles.

With the Afghan air power limited and in disarray, the U.S. Air Force is believed to be carrying out some series of strikes to support Afghan forces. Aviation tracking data suggested U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers, F-15 fighter jets, drones and other aircraft were involved in the fighting overnight across the country, according to Australia-based security firm The Cavell Group.

In Doha, U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has met with diplomats from China, Pakistan and Russia in an effort to as a group warn the Taliban they could again be considered international pariahs if they continue their offensive, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. Khalilzad also plans to meet with Afghan government and Taliban officials as the fighting goes on without a sign of it abating.

 

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Because the Constitution of Afghanistan is, unfortunately, still a Sharia Muslim Constitution, the Sharia Muslim Taliban thinks the Sharia Muslim Taliban still has a chance to retake Afghanistan.

LucasFoxNews Shame on you world leader‘you are killer of Afghans 😭😡

Why were we there? Most of the 9/11 attackers were from Saudi Arabia

Isn't the US withdrawal what everyone wanted?

Is anyone surprised?

The Taliban are surrounding Kabul and people have migrated to Kabul. The lives of innocent people are in danger. SanctionOnPakistan SanctionPakistan Taliban

cchukudebelu Ha ha ha Nigeria soon

Shocked face

How are the precious Poppy fields doing ? Why isn’t that part of the story ?

See how ghazni Governor and police chief Fleeing, leaving afghan people alone

JoeBiden where are you? The Afghanistan’s who supported us are dying on your watch? We were supposed to help them get out of the country before the Taliban took over. KamalaHarris maddow andersoncooper NPR

Wtf. Why are Afghan forces collapsing? Theoretically they are way stronger than the insurgents…

How embarrassing for america. 20 years and all thy hey did was donate equipment to the taliban.usama buddies.

It's literally Call of Duty hard point 🤣🤣🤣

Never visit these 10 countries 😱🧐

Another Saigon moment...

Failures all around. By all involved. Nothing good will come of this, and it will bite us in the ass down the line. So... par for course when it comes to foreign intervention.

*Shrug*. It can't be a vassal state to the US forever. Sooner or later, it has to stand on it's own.

Not our problem

And the yanks run home and leave the mess. You would have ghought they had learned by now

Oh darn that sucks, good luck with that.

This is Vietnam all over again...and in both cases US imperialism loses!

Y'all put pressure. Endless war endless war. They finally pulled the troops now it's disaster.

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why do you psychos want to keep wasting billions of dollars on a pointless war

The same happened when America left Vietnam and they finally had to get it together…

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Good ol Biden! Way to screw this up too!

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