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Taliban taking control of dozens of districts since US-led NATO foreign forces started their final withdrawal in May 2021

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Enayat Najafizada
Enayat Najafizada

“Poor military leadership and bad governance at the local level are some of the factors behind the fall of the districts and army checkpoints. Nevertheless, in places where the [ANDSF] and the local uprising forces stood against the Taliban, not only did the Taliban fail to gain any territory, but its forces were also thoroughly defeated. In some areas - particularly in the north - the Taliban has in the past worked with community elders in order to persuade soldiers to surrender and abandon their posts.”

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Founder and CEO of the Kabul-based Institute of War and Peace Studies
09 Jul 2021 1 3
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Massouda Karokhi
Massouda Karokhi

“The soldiers there don't have any support: they don't receive food and are not provided with any facilities so they say 'why should I sit here with nothing and fight the Taliban - it makes more sense for me to surrender my arms and go'.”

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Female member of the Afghan parliament
09 Jul 2021 1 2
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Abdul Quayom Rahimi
Abdul Quayom Rahimi

“The people know what is at stake and they want to show the Taliban that even if no one else is around to help, the people of Logar and every province themselves will take the fight directly to them.”

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Governor of Logar province in Afghanistan
05 Jul 2021 2 3
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Faiz Zaland
Faiz Zaland

“The pulling out of US troops is a bit hasty in the current situation because we don't have peace on the ground. The withdrawal is happening right at a time when the Taliban is at the door of Kabul. There are severe and harsh fights going on all over the country. More than 80 districts have fallen into the hands of the Taliban in the past one month. It does seem likely that the country might be heading towards a civil war.”

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Political commentator and professor at Kabul University
02 Jul 2021 4 4
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Rahmatullah Hamnawa
Rahmatullah Hamnawa

“We hear gunfire and fighting all night. People fleeing Kunduz have been forced to take a circuitous route through Samangan province to Mazar-e-Sharif, about 110km (68 miles) away to the southwest. The shorter road is unsafe and dotted with checkpoints and mines. But even the Samangan province, which used to be one of the safest in the country, is no longer free from violence. Hence a three-hour journey via Samangan can take up to seven now, if not more.”

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Journalist based in Kunduz
27 Jun 2021 3 3
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