#BREAKING_NEWS BREAKING: Afghan government removes army chief, Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai. The dismissal has come at a time when government forces have lost scores of districts and several provincial capitals to the advancing Taliban. Ahmadzai has been replaced by Gen. Alizai.
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Updated map of #Afghanistan [Aug 9]. Taliban fighters seize Aibak, the capital of Samangan – the sixth provincial capital to fall in four days. The Taliban also reportedly cut the road between Herat and Qala e Nau.
#Afghanistan after the US: the growing threat of a Taliban takeover
https://t.co/IAeQEDS6zp
As the #Afghan govt fights for its very survival, the fear is that the #Taliban’s momentum is now so strong that collapse of the government becomes inevitable as defeat builds upon defeat
@Musabirema_PL @RwandaMoD Thanks - you can see more video analysis of #CaboDelgado on the following link if you are interested.
https://t.co/tgZZAfKW6K
Mohammad-Taghi Hashemi, an #Iran official in Khorasan-Rzazavi province bordering #Afghanistan said Sunday that the #Taliban has "unofficially" agreed to normalize transit through border crossings they have seized.
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@88Ashy_K Ayesha - fully agree that China has nothing to gain - it will act to secure Afghanistan and the BRI economic corridors that run alongside it.