Taliban in Takhar withdrew from Farkhar, allowing ANDSF from the provincial capital Taloqan to escape there. Farkhar wasn’t under pressure, so it seems a settlement took place to encourage ANDSF to surrender Taloqan.
Massoud’s Panjshir militia captured Warsaj, Takhar from Taliban. Next chapter begins.
Taliban captured Taloqan, Takhar, the fifth provincial capital to fall.
The Taloqan militia put up one of the strongest resistances I’ve seen in this conflict so far, but it wasn’t enough.
NY Times.
Taliban captured Saripul, Balkhab, the fourth provincial capital to fall.
NY Times again.
TOLO News confirms that police HQ, Governor’s HQ, and NDS office all fell, but to them that only counts as “key areas”. 🙄
OK.
In addition to the school, a second hospital was struck by airstrike in Lashkargah.
I don’t know why they insist on lying so much, but aside from that being way too much firepower for their little Super Tucano mosquitos to put out, Ministry of Defense offered a 7 year old video as evidence.
Here’s the original from May 30, 2014 still on YouTube.
Afghans were lied to like this incessantly for twenty years not only by Kabul, but by Kabul friendly propaganda news networks.
Fake it, ’til you make it, I guess.