The 2021 Taliban offensive and events leading up to it.
Massoud Jr.’s militia from Panjshir captured Warsaj, Takhar, and with ANDSF in Farkhar, Takhar, the next phase of the Taloqan battleground now looks like this.
The Panjshir militia brought out of retirement several Russian T-55 tanks and even more Russian BM-21 truck mounted rocket launchers that they’d been holding onto since the 80s/90s, so this battlefront will likely heat up even more.
Taliban in Takhar withdrew from Farkhar, allowing ANDSF from the provincial capital Taloqan to escape there. Farkhar wasn’t under pressure, so it seems a settlement took place to encourage ANDSF to surrender Taloqan.
Massoud’s Panjshir militia captured Warsaj, Takhar from Taliban. Next chapter begins.
Taliban captured Taloqan, Takhar, the fifth provincial capital to fall.
The Taloqan militia put up one of the strongest resistances I’ve seen in this conflict so far, but it wasn’t enough.
NY Times.
Taliban captured Saripul, Balkhab, the fourth provincial capital to fall.
NY Times again.
TOLO News confirms that police HQ, Governor’s HQ, and NDS office all fell, but to them that only counts as “key areas”. 🙄
OK.
In addition to the school, a second hospital was struck by airstrike in Lashkargah.