Original title: Afghan battle report | Taliban said it has controlled the capitals of five provinces, and the U.S. forces launched air strikes
On August 8, local time, the Afghan Taliban allegedly gained control of three provincial capitals in northern Afghanistan within one day, and currently controls the capitals of five provinces. On the same day, the U.S. military dispatched warplanes to air strikes against Taliban targets and blew up a clinic and a school.
Outside of Afghanistan, Richard Barrons, the former commander of the British Joint Forces Command, warned that Afghanistan may once again become a base for international terrorists. According to Qatar media reports, Qatar will host a China-US-Russia-Pakistan Quartet Meeting on Afghanistan on August 11 in the capital Doha.
Taliban claimed to have won the capitals of three provinces in one day
According to Al Jazeera’s report on August 8, the Taliban and local officials in Kunduz, Afghanistan confirmed that on the 8th, Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan, and Sarpur and Tahar, the capital of Sarpur Province, in northern Afghanistan The three cities of Tallukan, the provincial capital, fell into the hands of the Taliban within a few hours.
The Taliban issued a statement on the 8th saying that they had occupied the police headquarters, governor’s residence and prison in Kunduz City. Local sources and reporters in Kunduz confirmed to Al Jazeera that there are indeed Taliban fighters in the city. The Taliban stated in a statement on the same day that they also captured Sarpur. The Taliban stated on Twitter that night that Talukan had also been occupied by them.
Since August 6, the Taliban have claimed that they have captured five capital cities. On August 7, the Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid announced on social media that the organization had captured Shibergan, the capital of the northern Juzjan Province, on the same day. On the 6th, the Taliban claimed to have captured Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan.
U.S. President orders air strikes on Taliban positions
According to Afghan Dawn News, on the 7th local time, US President Biden ordered the US military in Afghanistan to use B-52 bombers and AC-130 gunboats to attack Taliban positions.
A school and a government-run clinic in the city of Rashkar Gah were bombed in an air strike on the 8th. Security personnel of the Afghan government army said that the Taliban are hiding in these two areas, and the US military launched a fixed-point air strike, possibly using B-52 bombers. School security said that the airstrike occurred at 10 o’clock in the night, and the school caught fire after the airstrike.
“Ah may become an international terrorist base again”
According to a report by the British “Guardian” on August 8, the former commander of the British Joint Forces Command, General Richard Barrons (Richard Barrons), was receiving the BBC’s fourth “World of the Week” (The Week). The World This Weekend program warned in an interview that as the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan advances, more attacks will occur in Europe.
Barrence pointed out that the withdrawal of the United States and other Western countries’ military forces will lead to “the re-establishment of terrorist groups in Afghanistan and bring harm to Europe and other regions”. “We would rather leave than make sure that there is no humanitarian or political crisis.”
China, the United States, Russia and Pakistan will hold a four-party meeting in Qatar?
On August 9th, local time, Qatar media reported that Qatar will host a China-US-Russia-Pakistan Quartet Meeting on Afghanistan in the capital Doha on the 11th of this month. Representatives from China, the United States, Russia, and Pakistan will exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan and advancing the peace process in Afghanistan. In addition, the representatives of the Quartet also plan to hold talks with representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban who are conducting intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha.
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