Long War Journal: Taliban battles Afghan military for control of Kandahar City
After taking control of several key districts surrounding Kandahar City over the past two months, the Taliban has launched its offensive on the provincial capital.
Kandahar City is now under siege.
The Taliban has used its rural insurgency strategy of taking control of remote districts to push closer to the provincial capitals. The rural areas are used to recruit and train fighters, raise funds, resupply, and launch attacks into neighboring districts and the population centers.
This strategy was explained by Mullah Aminullah Yousuf, then the Taliban’s shadow governor for Uruzgan, in April 2016.
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Update: Ground Report from Afghanistan: Kandahar focus of Afghan forces as Taliban surround city (India Today)
WNU Editor: The London Times is saying that the Taliban are getting ready for a mass attack .... Taliban muster for mass attack on Kandahar city (The Times).
U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said yesterday that the Taliban are seeking to cut off Afghan population centres .... Taliban seek to cut off Afghan population centres: Top US general (Al Jazeera). In the case of Kandahar City, I can say that they have already accomplished that goal.
4 comments:
It would be nice if they had some freakin air support from the US!!!
Oops just read the other story that stated we have launched some strikes. Probably not enough though. I don't know how this admin could let Kandahar fall.
They will, they don't care.
Trump, like Biden, like the American public, wanted American forces withdrawn from that endless battle. Now you want us back in? you go
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