Thread by @JulianRoepcke

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Visual confirmation, the #Taliban captured the #Kunduz police HQ and probably most of the city.
Most police cars are still in their hangars, so partially German army-trained staff likely left without a fight.
cc @akk @bundeswehrInfo
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@akk @bundeswehrInfo This gives a better picture of the police vehicles, seemingly all still in place without a single police man defending the station ...
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Beside #Kunduz city with its almost 300.000 inhabitants, also Sar-e-Pol city with its 51.000 inhabitants was captured by the #Taliban yesterday.
Geolocation of a video from the center of the city, released today by the islamists.
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@akk @bundeswehrInfo Different from other locations, #Taliban that captured #Kunduz seem uniformed and moving in a more professional manner.
Also their numbers seem quite impressive.
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@akk @bundeswehrInfo Taliban accounts call these uniformed fighter videos "arrival of the Red Unit" – the special operation forces of the islamist group, which was formed in 2016.
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Group

@akk @bundeswehrInfo Here are regular #Taliban units, geolocated in the very center of #Kunduz.
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Commander of the regular Taliban unit at the central roundabout in Kunduz, OF COURSE carrying an M16, made in USA and delivered to Afghanistan to defend the country from people like him …
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The Afghan army is starting a counter offensive from its base at the airport to recapture #Kunduz city.
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The first Afghan drivers of these dozens of recently delivered Toyota pick-up jeeps in Sar-e-Pol will be … the Taliban.

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The Taliban also fully captured Taloqan city (250.000 inhabitants), approximately 60 km east of Kunduz.
The city is the provincial capital of Takhar.
Only over the past 24 hours, Taliban took control over more than 700.000 civilians in #Afghanistan.

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Taliban forces captured the Hazrat Sultan army base in Samangan province, half way between Kunduz and Masar-e-Sharif.
The Afghan army fled the base without a fight and left some 50 vehicles behind.
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Taliban are attacking Pul-e-Khomri in Baghlan province from the north.
Heavy fighting ongoing, Taliban use captured western weapons and vehicles.
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Taliban forces moved an old Soviet T-62 to the center of Kunduz.
Curious to see if they will fight the Chinese in 2061 with now-captured US humvees ...

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The utterly incompetent Afghan army surrendered the city of Aybak (34.000 inhabitants and provincial capital of Samangan province) to the #Taliban without delivering them a fight.
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After the Afghan government claimed, fighting was 20 km away from Mazar-e Sharif and Taliban just spread propaganda, Afghan special forces published footage of fighting the islamists INSIDE the city.
So the Taliban are actually attacking Mazar-e Sharif.
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Taliban militants inside the house of the fled governor of Samangan province in the city of Aybak.
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Taliban captured Nijrab district in Kapisa province, only 55 km N-E of Kabul.
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#Update from #Kunduz.
„Counter-offensive“ by ANA was mere propaganda and did not retake any strategic points.
Main roundabout between the city and the airport is under Taliban control with negotiations ongoing to "peacefully hand over the airport".
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#Taliban victory parade in Samangan's provincial capital #Aybak, which they captured yesterday without a single shot being fired ...
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Taliban took control of a massive ANA base in Nijrab district, Kapisa province.
There is a fire visible in the footage, but no sounds or visual evidence of fighting in the area.
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#Breaking
Taliban captured their (first-ever?!) International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP in #Farah city as reports emerged, the provincial capital of Farah with its 70.000 inhabitants fell to the islamists.
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Battle for #Farah city is over.
After 24 hours of sporadic fighting, #Taliban captured their seventh provincial capital within five days.
ANA forces possibly still hold the airport and are besieged – like in appr. five other air bases.
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Taliban captured Band-e Do, two km north of Pol-e-Khomri in Baghlan province.
Fighting is ongoing in Pol-e Khomri, witnesses report.
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More verified geolocations in Band-e Do.
Interestingly, almost no one but the fighters on the road. Situation much more tense than in Kunduz, Farah and other areas.
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This is the route, thousands of surrendering ANSF take from #Kunduz airport.
Interestingly, they seem not en route to the center of the city, but to its western outskirts.
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The #Taliban captured the airport of #Kunduz after approximately a thousand Afghan soldiers surrendered without a fight in the morning.
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Pol-e Khomri (120.000 inhabitants) in Baghlan province completely fell to the #Taliban after one day of sporadic clashes.
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Taliban militants captured the city of Fayzabad (50.000 inhabitants), provincial capital of Badakhshan.
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The Taliban captured the air field and adjusted small military base of Sheberghan.
No defense as so often ...
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#Ghazni city (270.000 inhabitants) fell to the #Taliban.
No need to geolocate anything as the governor handed over the provincial capital officially to avoid a battle and safe his life ...
Here he flees under insults by the Taliban ...

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Taliban captured the town of Zurmat in Paktika province.
Not sure, anyone on the road noticed.
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Kandahar city with its 700.000 inhabitants has fallen to the Taliban without a fight.
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Herat with its 500.000 inhabitants is falling to the Taliban right now after a few hours of skirmishes.
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#Update
Also the Afghan air force surrendered to the Taliban in multiple air bases.
Since yesterday, the Taliban took over more than five military airports and captured lots of aircraft including these operational Su-17 and Mi-24.
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Two Afghan air force MD 500 flying from Logar - which was surrendered to the Taliban earlier today - to Kabul.
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Wow.
Seemingly @WFP_UNHAS already resumed flights under #Taliban rule.
"The first flight took place under the Islamic Emirate", according to the Taliban.
They say, the flight "to Badakhstan province" was performed yesterday.
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@WFP_UNHAS The Taliban executed a group of pro-government militia men AFTER they surrendered to the Islamists without a fight in Ghazni province.
Taliban accused them of burning the body of a fighter earlier this year.