Intense clashes between Afghan government forces and the Taliban in 10 provinces, increasing casualties following drone strikes and popular resistance against the Taliban are among the most important political and military developments in recent days in the country.
Fighting between Afghan security and military forces and the Taliban continues in the country’s districts, with a number of Afghan army fighter jets and US drones bombing Taliban positions to stop the advance.
The Western media’s claim that US drones had carried out airstrikes on Taliban positions in the northern Afghan provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan provoked a Taliban response, warning that the group would have to respond if the United States did not stop its attacks.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that the Americans should speed up the process of leaving Afghanistan instead of attacking the Taliban.
Reacting to the continued presence of 650 US troops in Afghanistan to secure foreign diplomats, the Taliban said it meant continuing the occupation and that the Taliban would not accept it.
According to reports released yesterday, clashes between government forces and the Taliban continued in 10 provinces, with both sides claiming to be advancing.
Fighting continues in Ghazni, Logar, Kandahar, Faryab, Balkh, Helmand, Kunduz, Baghlan, Badakhshan and Kabul provinces, and Afghan forces have advanced in some provinces, said Fawad Aman, deputy spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense.
He claimed that 248 Taliban insurgents had been killed and 137 wounded in the past 24 hours, but did not comment on Afghan casualties.
According to these reports, the Taliban have taken the cities of Siagard and Shinwari in Parwan province, north of Kabul, from government forces, and Parwan Governor Fazluddin Ayar has confirmed the fall of the two cities.
It has also been reported from Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan that government forces, with the support of the people, have succeeded in retaking three cities from the Taliban and breaking the siege of Pul-e-Khumri.
The city of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, was under siege by the Taliban, and fierce clashes continued on the outskirts of the city for several days and nights.
This morning (Sunday), some reporters from Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan reported that the city of Rustaq, one of the main centers of resistance against the Taliban, had fallen last night.
According to the report, out of 16 cities in the province, only 3 cities are now under government control and 13 cities have been occupied by the Taliban.
As clashes escalate behind major cities, people are worried about the start of a civil war and a new wave of migration.