Prisoners held in CIA-backed KPF Khost torture dungeons were also freed by Taliban.
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Taliban captured Bamyan, the twenty-ninth provincial capital to fall.
It was a non-eventful transfer of power. Bamyan is part of Hazarajan, and as was the case with Daykundi, was avoided until now due to fears of persecution and historical destruction. The Taliban in this area are Hazaras themselves, so who knows.
Bamyan was the home of the Buddhas of Bamiyan until 2001 when the Taliban blew them up the last time they came to power. May the Taliban resist the urge to blow up whatever rubble remained from their last act of intelligence.
Taliban captured Matun, Khost, the twenty-eighth provincial capital to fall.
It was a memorable transfer of power due to the large number of prisoners detained by the CIA-backed KPF paramilitary force in their torture dungeons being released, but also because the KPF was soundly defeated in the battle over the liberation of Gardez, Paktia.
Unfortunately some remaining members of the KPF got away, though I’m sure the Taliban will find them in due time.
May this be the end of one of the ugliest chapters of the War on Terror saga and may the Taliban not cheapen this victory by resisting the urge to go down their own reign of terror.
Taliban captured Maidan, Wardak, the twenty-seventh provincial capital to fall.
It was conquered with plenty of clashes. The battles for Wardak province started early and didn’t wrap up until now.
Taliban captured Nili, Daykundi, the twenty-sixth provincial capital to fall.
It was a non-eventful transfer of power. Daykundi is part of Hazarajan, and due to fears that the Taliban might persecute the Hazaras, with some conflicts early on, the Taliban largely avoided Hazarajan until now.
Atta Mohammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum fled to Uzbekistan after battle for Mazar.
Taliban captured the Hairatan border crossing and its customs revenue.
Taliban captured the Torkham border crossing and its customs revenue.
Prisoners held in Jalalabad, Nangarhar prison were also freed by Taliban.
War in Afghanistan map for August 14, 2021.
I don’t have much to say with this map. It was an intense period where provincial capitals were captured in a span of a few days. Trying to keep up with it took its toll on me and I lost a couple of nights sleep.
While the Taliban capturing provincial capitals and sitting outside of Kabul was the big deal during this period, I still had to follow up with all the remaining smaller districts as well.
In any case, it’s safe to say the outcome is obvious, so unless something changes, for instance US reinvolvement, this is likely my last map in the series. I may post a final map with the final self-evident outcome just to wrap it up.
All my content including the map series will eventually be exported out of Facebook to a website and I hope future students of Afghan military history find value there in what I’ve archived.
Previous map.
https://www.methylated.net/2021/08/08/war-in-afghanistan-map-for-august-8-2021/