Guwahati, August 13 (NKTV): The Taliban on Thursday claimed that they have seized Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city amid US troop withdrawal from the country. Sputnik reported citing a Taliban statement said that buildings in the province, including the police headquarters, came under Taliban control, and government forces laid down their arms.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has reported that Taliban has entered Kandahar city. Some local residents told the media outlet that the situation in Afghanistan’s second-largest city was dire, as intense fighting rages between rebels and government forces inside the city limits.
The Taliban had already captured Ghazni, the country’s tenth provincial city to fall under Taliban control. Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in violence as the Taliban has intensified its offensive against Afghan forces and civilians with the complete pullback of foreign forces just a few weeks away.