Taliban seize Afghanistan-Tajikistan
border, 'security personnel fly checkpoints'
Afghan officers say the Taleban have
confiscate the border between Afghanistan and Asian nation.
According to the French news
organization foetoprotein, some security personnel left their positions when
the Taleban took over on weekday, whereas others crossed the border.
The Taliban's takeover of the
northern Sher Khan port has been important for them since the United States
withdrawal began in could.
The border is found 50km from the
Afghan town of Kunduz.
The Taleban confiscate the port, city
ANd checkpoints on the Tajik border among an hour, Khaliduddin Hakami, a member
of the Kunduz provincial council, told AFP.
"We were forced to escape all
checkpoints, and a few of our troops crossed the border into Asian
nation," same a military officer.
"By morning, they (Taliban
fighters) were all over, within the thousands," he told foetoprotein on
condition of namelessness.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah
Mohammedan confirmed the attack.
The move has raised considerations
among the international community concerning peace in Afghanistan.
"Most of the captured districts
were round the urban center," same Debra Lyons, head of the world
organisation help Mission in Afghanistan.
He recognized that the Taliban's
position suggests that when the whole withdrawal of foreign troops, they'll
presumably capture these necessary cities.
Since early could, the Taleban have
administered many major attacks targeting government forces.
The Taleban claim to possess captured
eighty seven of the country's 421 districts. However, the govt. has rejected
these claims and it's tough to verify them severally.
Three days before President Ashraf
Ghani's visit to the White House, the u.
s. drawn up AN finish to the bloodshed.
State Department spokesperson Ned
worth told reporters that the u. s.
desires the Afghan government and also the Taleban to barter a political
roadmap for Afghanistan's future.
Sher Khan Bandar is found south of
the Pianj stream and could be a bridge engineered with United States funding to
spice up trade between Central Asian countries.
Masood Wahidat, spokesperson for the
Kunduz Provincial Chamber of Commerce, same there have been one hundred fifty
trucks loaded with product at Sher Khan Bandar at the time of the attack.
"We do not know what happened to them." "It are a large
loss," he said.
Atiqullah Amarkhail, AN Afghan security
analyst, same the capture of Sher Khan Bandar was a serious blow to the govt..
"The failure to guard its main port might indicate that the govt. continues to be troubled to tread on the parcel."