Taliban take over Herat Police headquarters in western Afghanistan
After gaining a strategic provincial capital close to Kabul, the Taliban on Thursday took over Herat Police headquarters in Western Afghanistan. Herat is Afghanistan’s third-largest town and the capital of a province with the similar identify.
Taliban opponents patrol throughout the town of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Picture)
After the Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital close to Kabul and broke thru defensive traces in Afghanistan’s third-largest town 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 Information Company (@AFP) August 12, 2021
Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest town and the capital of a province with the similar identify, has been centered in militant assaults for days. On Thursday afternoon, the insurgents broke during the town’s defensive traces.
Witnesses described the Taliban as transferring during the streets, fighting executive forces. The preventing closed highways, and Herat’s airport suspended flights amid the chaos.
Squeezing Kabul, The Taliban on Thursday captured a strategic provincial capital close to the capital, breaking thru defensive traces in Afghanistan’s third-largest town, Ghazni.
Experiences stated that seizing Ghazni cuts off a an important freeway linking the Afghan capital with the rustic’s southern provinces.
Kabul reportedly is not immediately below danger but, on the other hand, the seizure of Ghazni and the struggle in different places additional tightens a resurgent Taliban’s grip, which now’s estimated to carry some two-thirds of the country.
(With inputs from businesses)
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