The Taliban captured the first of the thirty-four administrative centers of the Afghan provinces

The Afghan government lost the first administrative center out of thirty-four. This is reported by Reuters, citing local media reports.

According to published data, the Taliban * (banned in Russia as a terrorist movement) have seized the city of Zaranj, the capital of the southwestern province of Nimruz. It is emphasized that this is the first administrative center of the province, seized by the Taliban since 2016. Earlier in Kabul, it was stated that the main goal of the Taliban is to cut communication between the provinces in order to establish full control over them.

According to media reports, the Taliban currently control most of the city, including the administration, police station and airport. It is reported that the robberies have begun.

Meanwhile, Zaranj could have become the second administrative center seized by the Taliban if government forces had not driven the militants out of the city of Shibergan, the capital of the Jowzjan province in the north of the country. Today it was reported that the Taliban managed to enter the city, occupying the outskirts, but they were subsequently driven out of there. The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan declares large losses of militants.

Another provincial capital, which in the near future is likely to come under the control of the Taliban, may become Lashkar Gah, the administrative center of Helmand province, a large territory of which has already been captured by militants. Residents are being evacuated from the city, and the commander of the government forces, General Sami Sadat, is preparing to retreat.

Earlier it was reported that since the beginning of July the Taliban took control of the borders with five countries - Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan.

Comments

[samarin1969]

Amazing! Life in Afghanistan takes on a natural historical dimension ...

[Cat Alexandrovich]

Nothing! Here is the new Shura Macedonian come - put things in order!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: samarin1969

Amazing! Life in Afghanistan takes on a natural historical dimension

They would be there to close tightly, for 50 years ... But this is impossible. The territory is crossed by important routes. Important for China, by the way ... And to protect them, the Chinese can simply BUY the Taliban. They need a strong power with which they could agree. And whether this power will cut off the heads of people in the squares - they do not care much.

[samarin1969]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And whether this power will cut off the heads of people in the squares is of little concern to them.

Yes, let them cut as much as they like. If only not for our guys.

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: samarin1969

Yes, let them cut as much as they like. If only not for our guys.

Hmmmm ...! Have you heard that "the appetite comes with the meal"?

[Alex777]

Vladimir Nikolayevich!
You didn’t drive caravans in Afghanistan by any chance?
You remind me very much of one friend ...

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Alex777

Didn't you drive caravans in Afghanistan?

No ... I didn't have to ...

[Alex777]

Quote: Nikolaevich I

No ... I didn't have to ...

[orionvitt]

I agree. I read it and I am definitely perplexed. Some, thugs, are called militants. Others, pro-American, who by the way also cut the heads of our guys, are called "government troops." Yes, somehow on a drum, let them have fun. When they have played enough of their games, then we'll see. But it seems to me (and not only to me) that the ultimate winner in this mess will be China.

[The leader of the Redskins]

This is exactly what the Taliban are trying to do (*) - to take control of the perimeter, and then crush the entire territory under them. And I think it will not be "soft power".
But later, when there are no alternative governments, they will be able to present themselves in the political arena as the only state "recognized" by the people.

[g1v2]

They cut the logistics. We took control of all borders and trade routes. Ghani's troops are essentially surrounded in the center of the country in regional centers. Reinforcements to move freely between them is already extremely difficult. Supply and logistics are cut by the Taliban. Further, the Taliban will gradually tighten the ring and cut the territory controlled by the army into pieces. There can be only one result, as it were. Tch is only the first regional center taken by the Taliban, but clearly not the last.

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And whether this power will cut off the heads of people in the squares is of little concern to them.

What horrors have not been told about the Taliban! And also about the IRGC and CAA. It was, however, mainly the Anglo-Saxons who spoke.

[orionvitt]

Quote: Sidor Amenpodestovich

It is true, it was mostly the Anglo-Saxons who told

Of course the Taliban of the pretzel are still the same, but some of the guys who, with the "light hand" of the United States, are declared "terrorists", in fact turn out to be like nothing. From our point of view. The same Kurds (I generally keep quiet about Donbass),. But the ever-memorable Chechen terrorists were, for some reason, "freedom fighters" among them. So listen to Western leaders and think the other way around. The truth is often just at the opposite end from them.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: orionvitt

Quote: Sidor Amenpodestovich

It is true, it was mostly the Anglo-Saxons who told

Of course the Taliban of the pretzel are still the same, but some of the guys who, with the "light hand" of the United States, are declared "terrorists", in fact turn out to be like nothing. From our point of view. The same Kurds (I generally keep quiet about Donbass),. But the ever-memorable Chechen terrorists were, for some reason, "freedom fighters" among them. So listen to Western leaders and think the other way around. The truth is often just at the opposite end from them.

Is it any wonder if this is the invention of mattresses? It was they who introduced the classification, bad terrorists and good terrorists, in the sense of conditional or moderate, which does not negate their terrorist essence. Sometimes, to transfer from one category to another, mattresses are enough for the bad terrorists to change the flag and name, after which their "white-fluffiness" significantly increases and containers with American weapons and UN humanitarian aid begin to fall from the sky. If terrorists cut their heads and shake undesirable regimes in the interests of the Americans, then these things must be moderate, and if they get out of American hands, then they are already bad.

[abrakadabre]

The territory is crossed by important routes.

Considering the permanent war for almost 50 years, it is somehow strange to talk about important routes of global importance. Either these are potential routes, or they simply do not exist. Neither important, nor minor, nor tertiary.
They can become important only in conditions of a stable and sufficiently long-term peace. And then, on condition that they will invest there for the development of transit transport infrastructure.
Now this is a frank ... world, well ... in general, the hole is still. And it will remain so for a long time.

[Clear]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And whether this power will cut off the heads of people in the squares is of little concern to them.

Indeed, who cares, for example, about decapitation (cutting off the head), according to the requirements of Sharia law in Saudi Arabia

[72jora72]

They need a strong power with which they could agree.

Yes, there will be no one to negotiate with, the Taliban is a very "loose" structure. In six months or a year, the Taliban will grapple with each other ...

[newcomer]

Well, yes, everything is back to normal. The Russian Federation will have to hold the perimeter instead of the USSR.

[kapitan92]

Quote: samarin1969

Great!

May the admins forgive me, and my colleague samarin1969.
There is no main thing in the entire news line !.
TODAY IS WAITING DAY !!! TODAY 170 YEARS YEARS OF THE RAILWAY TROOPS OF RUSSIA !!!

Happy Holidays everyone! Health, good luck, promotion, all the best !!!
And this one is dearer to me!

[newcomer]

Congratulations, colleague!

[kapitan92]

Quote: newbie

Congratulations, colleague!

[lucul]

There is no main thing in the entire news line !.
TODAY IS WAITING DAY !!! TODAY 170 YEARS YEARS OF THE RAILWAY TROOPS OF RUSSIA !!!

Hanging in a hat in the morning)))

https://topwar.ru/185657-den-zheleznodorozhnyh-vojsk.html

[kapitan92]

Quote: lucul

He hangs in his hat in the morning)

The hat at 03:34 appeared.
This Day, not the day of the Airborne Forces, but who and where will go without us!
Today is 170 years of ZhDV, Hurray!

[Maz]

Scourge of God. And as the Americans fussed, all one left.

[6erJIblu]

Allow local tribes to go through the natural historical process of uniting into a single state. Cook for 100 years, grab.

[orionvitt]

Quote: 6erJIblu

Let local tribes go through a natural historical process

Yeah, how simple it is with you. The tribes there are generally different, which are united only by Islam, and even then, not all are the same. There in Ukraine there was always one people, and nothing, they came up with a new one and now "two people" are fighting. And you say "natural process". As the "masters" of the world are turned, so be it. In the meantime, they only need chaos, preferably everywhere. Which is what we observe. Where the West stuck its nose, either the next Maidan, or the civil war, or direct intervention is obligatory.

[Ryaruav]

approximately - papua new guinea and that probably will be more civilized

[prior]

And it would be nice to set the Taliban against Europe .......
They would have given the "old woman" tolerance .....

[soul]

Quote: prior

incite the Taliban against Europe ..
They would have given the "old lady" tolerance.

More precisely, they would return the historical debt

[abrakadabre]

And it would be nice to set the Taliban against Europe ...

How? They chtol have to teleport to Europe? Through Iran or Central Asia, I do not agree.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: prior

And it would be nice to set the Taliban against Europe .......
They would have given the "old woman" tolerance .....

For some reason I remembered ...

As on Deribasovskaya, corner of Resilievskaya
At eight o'clock in the evening the news spread:
Like our grandmother, grandmother-old lady
Six raiders took away the honor.

Chorus:
Ots, tots, perverts - grandmother is healthy,
Ots, tots, perverts - eats compote,
Ots, tots, perverts - and dreams again
Ots, tots, perverts - to survive the raid.

Grandma sighs, grandma suffers
The grandmother lost both peace and sleep.
The doors are all open, but the bandits don't go
Let not six come, but at least four.

And I don't even know which way today's Europe will play with its tolerance ...

[Prisoner]

Looks like the Taliban is not as scary as it is painted. But Afghans are a strange people. Some government warrior will be offended (decides that he is not appreciated here and is paid little) and will go to the Taliban, and even grab a couple of friends or relatives.

[agoran]

As the old Vietnamese in Da Nang said, it is beneficial for us to fight.
No difference, with the French, Americans, Chinese.
When we are at war, we are supplied with weapons, food, money.
In Afghanistan, the same eggs, side view.

[Gado]

It is reported that the robberies have begun.

Q.E.D. Under the guise of religion, the Taliban turned out to be ordinary bandits. Nothing new under the sun.

[boriz]

Just in case (if anyone did not know), I inform you that the Taliban (they are also Pashtuns) are our genetic brothers.
In the Pashtuns of Southern Afghanistan, the% of men with the haplogroup R1a is 66,8%, in the Pashtuns of Northern Afghanistan - 50%, that is, on average, as in the European part of Russia. The Pashto of Peshawar (Pakistan) has 47,25%, that is, almost the same as the average for Russia.
I have a suspicion that it means something.
Under the USSR, the Syrians were called a fraternal people. Now DNA genealogy has found that among the Arabs the haplogroup R1a is at least 10%, mainly among the powerful aristocratic clans (as in India). For example, there are a lot of R1a in the Kureish clan. Prophet Muhammad came out of the Kureish clan, if anyone did not know.
And who does not believe - find a good photo of Bashar al-Assad in the net and look carefully into the eyes. They are BLUE. Have you seen a lot of Semites (Arabs - Semites) with blue eyes?
To perceive Pashto as simply Muslims is an unacceptable oversimplification. They live by the Pashtunwalai (or Pashtunwali) code, which is much older than Islam. In the process of conquering territory by the Arabs, the Pashtu converted to Islam, but Pashtunwalai is still very different from the Qur'anic attitudes.

[Gado]

To perceive Pashto as simply Muslims is an unacceptable oversimplification. They live according to the Pashtunwalai (or Pashtunwali) code, which is much older than Islam.

You, of course, excuse me for what I am now writing, but even though they live according to the Kamasutra, they will not cease to be savages in the close 100 years. And genes are nothing, and consciousness is everything. Brainwashing has had its effect over the centuries. They will not succeed without a normal education.

[gsev]

Quote: Gado

but they will not cease to be savages in the close 100 years

It is worth a lot to fight the British, Russians and Americans on an equal footing. At least in the tactics of war, the Pashtuns are in no way inferior to civilized peoples.

[Gado]

Well, if you are such a fan of great savage warriors, then I have nothing more to say to you.

[gsev]

Quote: Gado

fan of great savage warriors, then I have nothing more to say to you.

A savage is a savage. Afghans are good at mastering modern weapons. When the Northern Alliance fought Hekmatyar, a lot depended on aviation. Northerners sold old fighters and bought Czech combat training planes. In response, the Hekmatyarites restored their MIG fighters and, quite successfully, with assault attacks, began to destroy the Ching low-speed aircraft at the airfield. The northerners were able to quickly shoot down the enemy MIG with an anti-aircraft missile. That is, Afghans are able to quickly master technology and adapt to enemy means of attack. Afghans are fighting on their land, in my opinion, modern Taliban treat their opponents much more humanely and mercifully than, for example, the Ukrainian Armed Forces. and the SBU.

[boriz]

Pashtuns are sane people with a conservative mentality. You can and should negotiate with them.
The lack of education is eliminated very quickly, but this requires its own state.
How is "wildness" expressed? Or do you just like to shit on others?
Well, yes, the nickname is appropriate.

[Gado]

Ask the veterans who fought with the Pashtuns what sane they are and how their "educated" cadres rolled down to medieval antics at the first opportunity.
Guys, I am not against Afghans being themselves, and there are enough savages everywhere, but you yourself, for several years, make sure what awaits Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. I would be thrice glad if I turn out to be wrong. That's all for me.

[boriz]

And the Germans in the Second World War considered us savages and subhumans. And themselves, very educated, what did they do?
And the naglo-Saxons, the better?
Strangers came to the land of the Pashto, to establish their own order, without asking the Pashto. We need to negotiate.
And the Pashto situation is approximately the same as that of the Kurds: a rather large divided people without their own state, but with a solid national identity. And you represent them as subhumans.

[Sergey Obraztsov]

"We are leaving, and after us there is even a fire, even a flood."
* the thoughts of the bastards of the pragmatists from the Pentagon.

It is clear why and for what they leave like that. They do not care about reputational losses (just as they did not care after the betrayal of the Kurds in Syria). Since we can cut more coupons from the same drug traffic, then let everything burn with fire and create a new center of destabilization. Which will be dealt with by the Russian Federation, Iran and others. Spending resources and nerves on it. Everything is logical from their side. And the fact that this *** does not stir their conscience. Honestly, the longer I live on this planet, the more I begin to value individuals and the less I love humanity as a whole.

[riwas]

The longer there are internal squabbles in Afghanistan, the longer they will not attack other countries.