Afghanistan, Taliban offensive on major centers: assault on Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar

The commitment signed in Doha by the Taliban, which guaranteed a negotiated approach towards an at least partial return to power, does not seem to be worth the paper on which it was written. The massive offensive launched against some of the major cities of Afghanistan, Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, fully demonstrates that the fundamentalists do not want to deal with recognized Afghan institutions, or at least they want to do so from positions of absolute strength.