Herat: fully captured by 7:48 PM - seat of the provincial government has been overrun.
Police headquarters has been captured. Footage of the attack
Taliban are rapidly advancing on intelligence building and governor's office.
Central prison has been captured.
The Ismail Khan militia is reportedly surrendering. I believe it's all of them including Ismail Khan himself.
The city's 4th District is under Taliban control. This is basically the entire city save the governor's complex at this point.
[Ismail Khan's house captured by the Taliban]
Kandahar:
Taliban have entered the city center and captured the major roundabouts.
Governor's office is surrounded. Taliban are closing in on it
Police headquarters is surrounded. First reports are coming in from Taliban accounts about its capture now. (1) (2)
Central prison was captured yesterday.
Lashkar Gah:
Intelligence building captured.
Helmand governor has just fled the city.
[Helmand governor has gon
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Taliban have almost taken two major cities of Afghanistan, Herat and Lashkar Gah (Helmand province,) both touch Iranian border areas with other countries. The first with Turkmenistan, the second with Pakistan.
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> Aug. 12, 2021, 1:28 p.m. ET.KABUL, Afghanistan - Two major cities in western and southern Afghanistan were on the verge of collapse to the Taliban on Thursday, as the insurgency's race to seize control of the country accelerated.
> Only four major cities - including the capital, Kabul - remain under government control, and two of them are under siege by the Taliban.
> For weeks, a mix of Afghan army, commando and special police units have desperately tried to hold Kandahar city as it came under Taliban siege.
> At the same time, to the northwest in Herat, the Taliban seized control of the city's police headquarters after weeks of intense fighting.
> On Thursday, the Taliban broke through the front lines on the outskirts of the city and gained control of most government buildings including the police headquarters, which police officers fled from in civilian clothes that afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Herat police.
> Earlier on Thursday, the Taliban also took control of Ghazni, a provincial capital and strategic city about 90 miles south of Kabul.
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Taliban have captured Zaranj City, capital of Nimruz Province, this evening. Zaranj is the first provincial capital under Taliban control since almost 20 years. Airport and prison were also captured. Zaranj is a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran.
Reports that there was nearly no resistance in Zaranj and that Afghan government soldiers and officials fled to Iran.Taliban have raised their white flag in the center of Zaranj City and the governor of Nimruz Province fled to Iran tonight.
Taliban have raised their white flag in the center of Zaranj City and the governor of Nimruz Province fled to Iran tonight.
The Taliban have started heavy fighting in the provincial capital of Farah and are advancing towards the city center.
