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Kabul, Aug 15 (EFE).- Three more provincial capitals of Afghanistan -- the cities of Jalalabad, Gardiz and Nilli -- fell to the Taliban in recent hours without a fight, officials told EFE on Sunday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE AFTERMATH OF A TALIBAN ATTAACK NEAR THE PARLIAMENT IN KABUL AND OF TALIBAN INSURGENTS IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN.
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Aug 10 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: M. Sadiq) The Taliban took control of the western city of Farah, capital of the province of the same name, on Tuesday, after days of heavy fighting, becoming in the seventh regional capital that they capture in less than a week.FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Kandahar, Aug 12 (EFE/EPA).-Taliban fighters Thursday captured the strategic Ghazni province that connects the capital Kabul to other southern Afghan regions, officials and the insurgents said.The region became the 10th province to fall to the insurgents in a week in their major offensive toward Kabul after United States-led foreign troops withdrew from the war-ravaged country.(Camera: NAWID TANHA )SHOT LIST: TALIBAN INSURGENTS PATROLLING GHAZNI PRIVINCE, SOUTHWEST OF KABUL ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AND KANDAHAR.
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Aug 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Akhter Gulfam).- The Taliban on Monday attacked the provincial capitals of Balkh and Samangan provinces in northern Afghanistan, officials told Efe.Over the past four days, the militants have captured the provincial capitals of five other provinces in the country.FOOTAGE OF THE BORDERS ENCLOSED BY THE TALIBANS IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Herat, Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- Taliban fighters have captured two Afghan border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan, officials said Friday, marching ahead with their rapid territorial gains after American troops started pulling out from Afghanistan.The two transit and trade ports that have fallen to the surging Islamist militia are in western Herat province.“Islam Qala port collapsed yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and Turghundi port collapsed during the night,” Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) head Younus Qazizada told EFE. (Camera: JALIL REZAYEE). B-ROLL OF SECURITY CONTROL IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES