The Taliban militants occupied the center of the state of Nimruz in western Afghanistan on Friday. According to Afghan officials, militant groups were also pushed back into Afghan and uprising forces after assassinating a high-ranking government spokesman in Kabul and taking control of part of the Jaudian State Center in northern Afghanistan.
The occupation of Zaranj, the first state center, fought for power after the group signed a withdrawal agreement with Americans in 2020 and the Byden administration vowed to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of August. It is a symbolic victory of the Taliban. ..
“Afghan troops left the city without any resistance,” said Afghan officials, who spoke on the condition that he would not be nominated because his family was still in Zaranj. “The governor’s building, police headquarters, and airport were all handed over to the Taliban without a single shot. Only intelligence forces fled to a nearby district after two hours of fighting.”
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Zaranj became the first regional center to be captured during what he called “Operation Alfata.”
State legislature chairman Baz Muhammad Nasiri said the collapse of the city was caused by the recent collapse of the neighborhood to the Taliban and the lack of attention from the central government, which demoralized Afghan troops. rice field. He said the Taliban control four of the five districts of Nimruz.
In northern Jowzjan, the Taliban conquered parts of Sheberghan. In the heart of the state is the Governor’s Office, the police headquarters, and the palace to which the powerful Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam belongs.
“This morning, the Taliban entered the city and managed to control several government buildings and torches many places, including hotels and guesthouses,” Jojan MP Harima Sadaf Karimi told CBS News. rice field. “Approximately 200 Taliban have been killed in the city, some of whom are still fighting Afghan troops in the palace of Marshad Stam.”
“Sheberghan has been freed from terrorists. Afghan and uprising forces have given the Taliban a significant causal relationship,” Defense spokesman Fawad Aman told CBS News. “The Taliban will soon be defeated in Nimruz.”
In Kabul, senior government spokesman Dawa Khan Menapal was killed by gunmen at 7 Kabul’s police district after a series of assassinations, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai.
Menapal is a former deputy spokesman for President Ghani and was recently promoted to Director of the Government Media Information Center. He was assassinated while traveling the city by taxi.
The US Embassy, NATO, and the European Union have accused Mr. Meanapal of assassination.
“We are saddened and fed up with the Taliban-targeted killing of our friend and colleague Dawa Khan Minapal, who focused his career on providing true information to all Afghans about Afghanistan. “The US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson tweeted. “These murders are an insult to the human rights and freedom of speech of Afghans.”
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