Taliban captured Maidan, Wardak, the twenty-seventh provincial capital to fall.
It was conquered with plenty of clashes. The battles for Wardak province started early and didn’t wrap up until now.
Month: August 2021
Taliban captured Nili, Daykundi, the twenty-sixth provincial capital to fall.
It was a non-eventful transfer of power. Daykundi is part of Hazarajan, and due to fears that the Taliban might persecute the Hazaras, with some conflicts early on, the Taliban largely avoided Hazarajan until now.
Atta Mohammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum fled to Uzbekistan after battle for Mazar.
Taliban captured the Hairatan border crossing and its customs revenue.
Taliban captured the Torkham border crossing and its customs revenue.
Prisoners held in Jalalabad, Nangarhar prison were also freed by Taliban.
War in Afghanistan map for August 14, 2021.
I don’t have much to say with this map. It was an intense period where provincial capitals were captured in a span of a few days. Trying to keep up with it took its toll on me and I lost a couple of nights sleep.
While the Taliban capturing provincial capitals and sitting outside of Kabul was the big deal during this period, I still had to follow up with all the remaining smaller districts as well.
In any case, it’s safe to say the outcome is obvious, so unless something changes, for instance US reinvolvement, this is likely my last map in the series. I may post a final map with the final self-evident outcome just to wrap it up.
All my content including the map series will eventually be exported out of Facebook to a website and I hope future students of Afghan military history find value there in what I’ve archived.
Previous map.
https://www.methylated.net/2021/08/08/war-in-afghanistan-map-for-august-8-2021/
Commander of ANA 209th Shaheen Corps of Mazar Sharif Zabihullah Mohmand ordered his men to stand down while Atta Noor and Dostum were still fighting, saving lives in Mazar Sharif.
This is likely the conspiracy Atta Noor is referring to.
On August 8th, 2021, the previous Commander called out sick and left his deputy Zabihullah Mohmand in charge.
Whether that’s part of the conspiracy, I don’t know.
Maybe he really was sick, maybe he didn’t want responsibility at this important time, or maybe it was anti-Atta / anti-Dostum insurance in case they decide to ruin both the 209th and Mazar Sharif by fighting to the death and Zabihullah was more responsible, I don’t know.
It’s a mystery.
