see url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57773120
see full report...It looks like the Taliban will follow the same tactics
as they did after the Soviet occupation, slowly take over the
countryside areas and then the smaller villages and towns, before moving
on to the cities...It took them two years to take over and consolidate
their position after the Soviets left...this time it may be a lot quicker...
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The Taliban have captured a major border crossing between Afghanistan
and Iran, according to Afghan officials.
Video footage appeared to show Taliban forces taking down the Afghan
flag from the roof of the border customs office.
The Islam Qala crossing is one of the biggest trade gateways into Iran,
generating an estimated $20m monthly revenue for the government.
The Taliban are rapidly retaking land across Afghanistan as the US-led
mission removes the last of its troops.
The Americans earlier this week quietly abandoned Bagram airfield, a
sprawling base that was the centre of US operations in Afghanistan and
once held tens of thousands of troops.
The Taliban are thought to now control more than a third of the
country's 400 districts, including an arc of territory from the Iranian
border in the west to the frontier with China on the other side of the
country.
The Afghan government on Friday acknowledged the loss of the Islam Qala
border crossing, in Herat province.
"All Afghan security forces including the border units are present in
the area, and efforts are under way to recapture the site," interior
ministry spokesman Tareq Arian told the AFP news agency.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the crossing was
"under our full control".
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