Sar-e Pul official says the city has been under siege for weeks with no reinforcements being sent. The Taliban on Monday took control of another provincial capital in Afghanistan, an official said. According to Mohammad Noor Rahmani, the council chief of northern Sar-e Pul province, the Taliban overran the provincial capital after over a week of resistance by the Afghan security forces, after which the city of Sar-e Pul collapsed. The city of Sar-e Pul joins three other provincial capitals now fully under Taliban control: Zaranj, the capital of western Nimroz province, the city of Shibirghan, the capital of northern Zawzjan province, and Taleqan, the capital of another northern province with the same name. The Taliban are also fighting on for control of of Kunduz city, the capital of northern Kunduz province.

Source: The Hindu August 09, 2021 16:43 UTC