Nimruz officials negotiated Zaranj in exchange for amnesty and safe passage.
Tag: 2021 Taliban offensive
The 2021 Taliban offensive and events leading up to it.
Taliban captured Zaranj, Nimruz, the first provincial capital to fall.
Wasn’t expecting that one, I guess neither did Kabul.
Taliban captured the Zaranj, Nimruz airfield.
Airlifting in reinforcements won’t be as simple now.
Taliban making gains in Sheberghan, Jawzjan and Zaranj, Nimruz.
Imagine being Abdul Rashid Dostum’s son, having to live in his shadow, having to live up to his name. He’s fighting around Sheberghan, rumored to be lightly wounded.
Ahmad Shah Massoud’s militia also bringing out of retirement some old Russian BM-21 Grad truck-mounted rocket launchers.
Ahmad Shah Massoud’s militia bringing some old Russian T-55 tanks out of retirement, somewhere in Panjshir.
Nimruz residents fleeing to Iran, stopped at border.
Taliban launched an offensive in Nimruz, taking Kang district, and gaining ground in the provincial capital of Zaranj.
ANDSF SOF / AAF / USAF operation in Lashkargah, Helmand.
At this point, they’ll have to flatten the city to remove the threat.