Taliban captured Matun, Khost, the twenty-eighth provincial capital to fall.
It was a memorable transfer of power due to the large number of prisoners detained by the CIA-backed KPF paramilitary force in their torture dungeons being released, but also because the KPF was soundly defeated in the battle over the liberation of Gardez, Paktia.
Unfortunately some remaining members of the KPF got away, though I’m sure the Taliban will find them in due time.
May this be the end of one of the ugliest chapters of the War on Terror saga and may the Taliban not cheapen this victory by resisting the urge to go down their own reign of terror.