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Taliban Make Significant Gains in Afghanistan – Warfare.Today Facebook Twitter Current Military Operations Defence Industry News Defence Industry Events, Exhibitions and Tradeshows Warfare.Today AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHTING HomeWell-nighNews HM Armed Forces US Military Tech Cyber SitReps Ops Events Calendar Afghanistan News Taliban Make Significant Gains in Afghanistan Posted on September 10, 2018 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today Islamic Insurgents in Northern Afghanistan Capture Strategic District The Islamist Taliban in northern Afghanistan has captured a strategically important district near the verge with Turkmenistan and threatened a provincial capital, killing dozens of Afghan troops in a series of battles. During the past three days, the Islamic insurgents stepped up attacks wideness the country and have overrun territory and killed increasingly than 80 personnel of the Afghan National Defense and SecurityGravity(ANDSF) stuff trained and well-considered by the U.S. military. Officials said Monday that Taliban fighters stormed Khamyab district in Jowzjan province from multiple directions and captured it overnight. Provincial police chief, General Faqir Mohammad, said that government forces withdrew from the zone to stave civil casualties. The officer declined to discuss casualties among his forces, though reports said the fighting left eight police personnel sufferer and several others wounded. Clashes were raging in parts of Khamab and telecommunication services remained suspended since the fighting erupted for the tenancy of the key district, equal to members of Jowzjan provincial councils. The fighting is taking place well-nigh 170 kilometers north of the provincial wanted of Sheberghan. Taliban Red Unit Attacks Police Outposts in Dashti-e-Archi Separately, the Taliban’s a so-called “red unit” commando gravity stormed police outposts in Dashti-e-Archi zone in Kunduz province and killed 18 security forces, Afghan officials said. The wade near the provincial capital, moreover tabbed Kunduz, wounded 24 police personnel. Kunduz has reverted hands several times in the past three years and it remains under pressure from the Taliban. Taliban Offence in Sar-e-Pul Intense fighting was moreover raging in the nearby Sar-e-Pul province where a multi-pronged Taliban offensive late Sunday captured unwashed and police posts virtually the provincial capital. Clashes were ongoing in the zone and the city, moreover tabbed Sar-e-Pul, could swoon to the Taliban unless reinforcements arrived in time, warned a provincial government spokesman. The fighting in Sar-e-Pul and Jowzjan has sealed the main highway linking the two northern provinces. Insurgents moreover killed at least 14 Afghan policemen and wounded six others in a raid on police posts in Dara Suf district of northern Samangan province. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, personal responsibility for attacks in northern provinces,saying they killed increasingly than 100 pro-government forces, though the rebel claims are often inflated. Taliban ClaimTenancyof Dai Mirdad Meanwhile, Afghan and Taliban officials made estranged claims Monday well-nigh who was in tenancy of Dai Mirdad district in the inside eastern Maidan Wardak province. The Taliban assaulted the district a day older and killed 13 security forces, including the police senior of Dai Mirdad. Provincial steering members have confirmed the insurgents entered the district part-way late Sunday pursuit heavy clashes with government forces. Afghan officials, however, denied reports they have lost Dai Mirdad to the Taliban. 20 Afghan Security Personnel Killed in Baghlan-e-Markazi District The Baghlan-e-Markazi district in flipside troubled northern Afghan province of Baghlan is moreover under wade from the Taliban. Officials confirmed on Sunday that ongoing clashes in the areas killed increasingly than 20 Afghan security forces while increasingly than a dozen unwashed and police checkpoints as well as several surrounding villages have fallen to the Taliban. The Taliban has held increasingly Afghan territory than at any time since the 2001 U.S. military invasion of the country. The Afghan government currently “controls or influences” virtually 56 percent of the country while the rest is controlled or hotly contested by the Taliban, equal to American military assessments. Source: VOA Image: A simulated Taliban fighter, portrayed by a role-player, fires zippo rounds from an AK-47 at a nearby gainsay logistics patrol during a gainsay skills training exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 22, 2011. The purpose of the training was to requite the Marines an opportunity to see first-hand what they would see during deployment. The Marines hopped out of their vehicles to provide suppressing fire while casualties were evacuated. 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