The Taliban is on the verge taking Faizabad town of Afghanistan’s Badaghshan province. This afternoon, senior local officials took this flight and escaped to Kabul. Tonight, Faizabad could become the first provincial capital falling to the Taliban.
Without prior schedule, Bakhtar Afghan Airlines announced a flight from Faizabad to Kabul. Of course, only the richest people could afford to book a ticket out of the war.
For the Afghan army, it is almost impossible to deploy additional troops in particular commandos for defending the town. For weeks now, Afghan commandos are fighting for Kunduz and gates of Balkh.
The rapid fall of dozens of districts of the province to the Taliban created an extreme condition of fear among remaining security forces in Faizabad. That escape of local officials just added to the layer of fears.
*(on the verge of taking Faizabad town of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province)
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