NDTV: Taliban Now Controls 90% Of Afghanistan's Borders: Report
"Afghanistan's borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, or about 90 percent of the border, are under our control," a spokesman told Russian media told the RIA Novosti news agency
Moscow: The Taliban control 90 per cent of Afghanistan's borders, a spokesman told Russian media on Thursday, following offensives carried out by the hardline Islamist group as foreign forces withdraw.
"Afghanistan's borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, or about 90 percent of the border, are under our control," Zabihullah Mujahid told the RIA Novosti news agency, a claim that could not be independently verified.
The militants are pushing across Afghanistan, snapping up territory, seizing border crossings and encircling cities, with the withdrawal of US and NATO troops all but complete.
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Update: Taliban claim to control 90% of Afghan borders, say will not allow Daesh to become active again (Gulf News)
WNU Editor: The Afghan government is denying these Taliban claims .... Taliban claim of controlling 90pc of Afghanistan's border is 'absolute lie': Afghan govt (DAWN/AFP).
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