Taliban captures a number of districts in Afghanistan from fleeing troops

The Taliban’s march via northern Afghanistan gained momentum in a single day with the seize of a number of districts from fleeing Afghan forces, a number of hundred of whom fled throughout the border into Tajikistan, officers stated on Sunday.

More than 300 Afghan army personnel crossed from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province as Taliban fighters superior towards the border, Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security stated in an announcement.The Afghan troops crossed over at about 6:30 p.m. native time Saturday.”Guided by the principles of humanism and good neighborliness,” the Tajik authorities allowed the retreating Afghan National Defence and Security Forces to cross into Tajikistan, said the statement.ALSO READ: How Afghanistan has once again become a happy hunting ground for TalibanSince mid-April, when US President Joe Biden announced the end to Afghanistan’s “eternally conflict,” the Taliban have made strides throughout the country. But their most significant gains have been in the northern half of the country, a traditional stronghold of the US-allied warlords who helped defeat them in 2001.The Taliban now control roughly a third of all 421 districts and district centers in Afghanistan.The gains in northeastern Badakhshan province in recent days have mostly come to the insurgent movement without a fight, said Mohib-ul Rahman, a provincial council member. He blamed Taliban successes on the poor morale of troops who are mostly outnumbered and without resupplies.”Unfortunately, the vast majority of the districts have been left to Taliban with none battle,” stated Rahman. In the final three days, 10 districts fell to Taliban, eight and not using a battle, he stated.ALSO READ: US palms Bagram Airfield to Afghans after practically 20 yearsHundreds of Afghan military, police and intelligence troops surrendered their army outposts and fled to the Badakhshan provincial capital of Faizabad, stated Rahman.Even as a safety assembly was being held early Sunday to plot the strengthening of the perimeter across the capital, some senior provincial officers have been leaving Faizabad for the capital Kabul, he stated.In late June the Afghan authorities resurrected militias with a fame of brutal violence to assist the beleaguered Afghan forces however Rahman stated lots of the militias within the Badakhshan districts put up solely a half-hearted battle.The areas underneath Taliban management within the north are more and more strategic, operating alongside Afghanistan’s border with central Asian states. Last month the spiritual motion took management of Imam Sahib, a city in Kunduz province reverse Uzbekistan and gained management of a key commerce route.ALSO READ: Govt points safety advisory for Indian nationals in Afghanistan, says scenario harmfulThe inroads in Badakhshan are notably important as it’s the house province of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2011. His son, Salahuddin Rabbani, is an element of the present High Council for National Reconciliation.The slain former president additionally led Afghanistan’s Jamiat-e-Islami, which was the get together of famed anti-Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, killed by a suicide bomber two days earlier than the 9/11 assaults in America.The Interior Ministry issued an announcement Saturday saying the defeats have been momentary though it was not clear how they might regain management.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the autumn of the districts and stated most have been and not using a battle. The Taliban in earlier surrenders have proven video of Afghan troopers taking transportation cash and returning to their houses.