Searched for
PROVINCIAL CAPITAL TALIBAN
Afghan cities taken over or contested by TalibanFollowing is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to, or are being contested by the Islamist militants, who are fighting to reimp...- Ghazni Governor arrested for handing over province to TalibanLaghmani was let go and escorted by the Taliban from Ghazni to Wardak. Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesperson of the Ministry, said that parts of ...
- Taliban press advance after capturing two major Afghan citiesThe seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals a...
- Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan? Here’s what we knowOver the past six days, the insurgents have overrun nine provincial capitals across the country, most of them clustered in the north, in a ...
- Taliban take Kandahar, Herat in major Afghanistan offensiveThe seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals a...
- Taliban takes Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city, in ongoing onslaughtThe capture of Ghazni, meanwhile, cuts off a crucial highway linking the Afghan capital with the country's southern provinces, which simila...
- Afghan president views peace talks as dead, prepares for civil warThe US military, which has already withdrawn most of its troops ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline to exit the country after 20 years of war, sai...
- Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
- Fighting rages in Afghan south after Taliban's weekend blitzThe insurgents have for weeks been trying to take Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- both with Pashtun majorities from where the Taliban draw thei...
- Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
- Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
- Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
- Airstrikes pummel Taliban in south; insurgents gain in northA defense ministry statement said air strikes were carried out across the country, including in the southern Helmand province, where the pr...
- Taliban take much of provincial capital in south AfghanistanResidents of the city, speaking to The Associated Press over the telephone, said the fighting has them trapped, hunkered down inside their ...
- Commandos deployed as Afghan forces battle Taliban for control of citiesFighting raged in Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban launched coordinated attacks on the city centre and its priso...
- Big test for Ghani govt as Taliban launches simultaneous attacks on Kandahar, HeratThe Afghan government, as a result of the offensive, deployed hundreds of special forces on Sunday as the Taliban advanced to capture the c...
- Taliban surround central Afghan city of Ghazni: Officials"The situation in Ghazni city is very critical...the Taliban use civilian houses as hideouts and fire upon the ANDSF (Afghan security force...
- Afghan forces repel Taliban assault on provincial capital, governor Abdullah Qarluq saysMore than a dozen Taliban fighters were killed in air strikes by the Afghan Air Force on hideouts on the outskirts of Takhar's provincial c...
- Afghan forces retake provincial capital Qala-e-Naw after Taliban incursion: Defence ministryThe ministry said 69 Taliban fighters had been killed in fresh operations on the edge of Qala-e-Naw - the first major provincial capital en...
- Taliban launch assault on Afghan provincial capital Qala-i-NawThe insurgents have pressed ahead with a dizzying campaign since US and NATO forces began the final withdrawal from the country, seizing do...
Load More
