As the United States approaches its complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban have occupied all major cities in Afghanistan, with only two major cities. The Afghan government currently only controls the capital Kabul and Jalalabad in the east.
According to the Associated Press, Afghan Congressman Abbas Ibrahim Zada said on Saturday that after the surrender of the Afghan national army and pro-government militias, the Taliban took control of Mazar-i-Sharif in the country’s fourth-largest city, Balkh province. .
Mohamed Anwar Mohammedi, deputy commander of the Mazar special operations forces, said in the audio on Saturday that military forces are waiting to enter the border with Uzbekistan. CNN Report.
Mazar-e-Sharif, #AfghanistanThe fourth largest city and economic center in the north has fallen into the hands of the Taliban.
Another devastating loss to the government #accept.
Government forces now control only two major cities-Kabul and Jalalabad in the east. That might be the next goal.
-Frud Bezhan فرود بيژن (@FrudBezhan) August 14, 2021
According to the Associated Press, Ibrahim Zada said that according to reports, former warlords Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor Has fled the province, but there is no information about their current location.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani assembled security forces and fortifications in Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, where he met with Dostum and Noor and other militia commanders to counter the Taliban.
According to the Associated Press, the Taliban have now occupied approximately 23 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. But the capital, Kabul, and some provinces in the central and eastern regions are still out of its control.
According to the Associated Press, according to Hoda Ahmadi, an Afghan lawmaker who lives in the province, the insurgents also occupied all areas in Logar Province, south of Kabul, on Saturday. The rebels also occupied Mihtram, the capital of Laghman Province.
According to the Associated Press, some U.S. Marines arrived in Kabul on Saturday, adding more troops to land on Friday. They are part of a 3,000-man force sent to ensure the evacuation of American Embassy personnel and Afghan allies.
According to officials quoted by the Associated Press, the airlift mission is expected to end at the end of the month, but it may take longer, depending on the progress of the Taliban.
Some officials, including American armies, Was surprised at how fast the Taliban occupied most of Afghanistan.
“Of course we are worried about the speed of the Taliban’s actions,” Pentagon John Kirby Told reporters on Friday afternoon“This is very worrying.”
exist Fox News On Saturday, Representative Mark Green of Tennessee, Served in the field in Afghanistan, Criticized Biden’s way of withdrawing from the country, saying it “created a feeling of abandonment for the Afghan people.”
“We didn’t even tell the Afghans that we were leaving Bagram Air Force Base. They just walked in and said that the Americans were gone,” Green said. “This disrespect clearly makes them think [that] The Americans do not support us. “
Green also pointed out that as the Taliban “synchronized” attacks across the country, the implementation of this withdrawal “may be an intelligence error that we need to study in depth.”
Weekly newspaper Contacted the White House Press Office for comment, but received no response at the time of publication.
On Friday, Adela Raz, Afghan Ambassador and Special Envoy to the United States That the Taliban are putting pressure on Gani resigned.
“This is a question the Taliban has been asking since day one,” she told PBS Friday news time.
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