The Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan is not ending. On Thursday, the Taliban also captured the strategically important city of Ghazni. According to the news agency AFP, the Taliban have also taken control of Herat and Kandahar city late night. In a week, the Taliban have taken control of at least 11 provincial capitals.
The Afghan Interior Minister has also confirmed the Taliban’s control over the city of Ghazni. The city of Ghazni links the Kabul and Kandahar Highway and is the gateway between the Afghan capital Kabul and the Taliban stronghold to the south. The news of this victory of Taliban has been published in almost all the newspapers of India. According to the report published in the English newspaper The Hindu, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan, Mirwaiz Stanikzai has confirmed the Taliban’s occupation to the media.
Taliban supporters have also posted a video of Ghazni being taken under their control on social media. It is being said that the Afghan government is angry with the governors of their states for surrendering without fighting the Taliban. According to Afghanistan’s Tolo News, the governor of Ghazni province, Dawood Laghmani, and his associates have been arrested. The arrest has been confirmed by the Afghan Interior Ministry. When the Taliban had captured half of Ghazni province, Dawood left for Kabul. During this time he was arrested.
