MOSCOW, 11 Aug. A spokesman for the radical Taliban * Zabiullah Mujahid announced the seizure of airports in the cities of Shibergan and Farah by the Taliban, which the Afghan government forces had previously recaptured from the radicals. Last week, the Taliban * announced the capture of the city of Shibergan, the provincial capital of Jowzjan. Within hours, the Afghan military took back control of the city. Farah's capture was reported on Tuesday, and Afghan government forces regained control on Wednesday.
July 25, 08:00 Special report «Keep quiet to live». After the US withdraws, Afghanistan awaits the nightmare of war again «Shibergan airport was recently conquered. The enemy suffered heavy casualties and fled … Farah airport was also captured,» Mujahid said on Twitter. According to the organization, dozens of Afghan soldiers left their posts after the seizure of airports and joined the movement.
Shoigu called on the CSTO to prepare for the invasion of militants from Afghanistan In the republic, there is a confrontation between government forces and the Taliban, who have seized significant territories in rural areas and launched an attack on large cities. Instability is mounting amid the withdrawal of American troops from the country. The Taliban announced on August 6 that they had seized Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province in southwestern Afghanistan, and then that militants had occupied eight of 34 other regions, including the city of Kunduz. 60 kilometers from the nearest border crossing to Tajikistan. According to Western media, the transfer of Kunduz to the control of the Taliban may mean a turning point in the development of the situation in the republic. At the same time, the Afghan authorities denied information about the loss of control over the city. On August 10, militants reported that they had taken Puli-Khumri, the main city of Baghlan province. It is located on the strategically important road from Kabul to Mazar-i-Sharif, the largest settlement in the north of the country. About a hundred kilometers south of Puli-Khumri is the Salang tunnel, built by Soviet specialists, which is located in the area of the pass of the same name in the Hindu Kush mountains. * A terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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