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12 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
1) Afghan officials have confirmed that Tolak in Ghor & Sozma Qala n Sar-I-Pul have fallen to the Taliban (Taliban officially claimed this on Voice of Jihad). Taliban also claimed it captured Arghanj Khaw in Badakhshan; Afghan officials previously said was in danger of falling.
2) Taliban also has claimed it capteure Zari in Balkh. Afghan officials admitted the district center had to be evacuated and moved to an alternate location. This is a good example of Taliban control. Zari has been contested for a while. tolonews.com/afghanistan-17…
3) Links to Taliban claims on Tolak and Arghanj Khwa:
alemarahenglish.net/?p=46899
alemarahenglish.net/?p=46893
4) This must be restated: Taliban claims on its operations to take a district are far more credible than official Afghan claims ... [cont]
5) ... Often we see confirmation from members of parliament, provincial council members, district officials but the Afghan government rarely officially admits a district has fallen. Taliban claims of control are very credible.

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1) I believe that the Taliban, via intermediaries (local tribal elders, etc.) is negotiating the surrender of many district centers. There are numerous reports of ANDSF abandoning outposts, bases and district centers.
2) There is evidence of this in the Afghan press. From @TOLOnews: "Some districts were handed over to the Taliban in the west without resistance and their equipment was left for militants,” said Sadiq Qaderi, an MP from Herat.

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1) Not gonna happen: @ashrafghani: “It is our responsibility to merge the Taliban in the structure of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan..."
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@ashrafghani 2) The Taliban has been very clear: it will note share power. "The Islamic Emirate has not readily embraced this death and destruction for the sake of some silly ministerial posts or a share of the power." longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/…
@ashrafghani 3) The Taliban has has been clear about its position on the "poisonous deviant beliefs of atheism, communism, secularism, democracy, and other satanic western and disbelieving ideologies in order to mislead the Muslims with their deviant ideologies”
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@US4AfghanPeace @WSJ 3) Pakistani court said there was no proof Sheikh was involved in murder. But in any sane court, if you kidnap someone and they are subsequently murdered, you are guilty of murder as well.
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