of falling then that is a deeply worrying thing. it is partly about the image of what is going on. the military picture may be confused with the fact of the matter is that in the past couple of months the taliban have successfully captured half of the districts of afghanistan. the lightning advance of the taliban is getting harder and harder to ignore. and that has catastrophic effects. for example, on the morale of tens of thousands of afghan troops who, you know, in a rather familiar way, we are hearing reports that they are simply abandoning their positions and throwing of their uniforms. these are people who are poorly trained, badly and in some cases not paid. and they are not fighting for kind of victory or glory as the taliban are. and they are not perhaps willing to die as the members of the taliban are so this impression of a lightning advance is something that
captured by the taliban in recent years yesterday. within 2a hours they have reached out to a different part of afghanistan, also the stronghold of former vice president abdul rashid dostum. this will be the second major provincial capital to be captured by insurgents. they are also stretching the afghan forces. look at what is happening in lashkar gah in the south, and in the north, as we speak heavy clashes are going on there. 0fficials there see at least 11 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. they are also making a big push in the biggest city in north east afghanistan. it is fair to say that abdul rashid dostum is one of the strongmen of afghan politics, he has been fighting the taliban for years and
sheberghan, also the stronghold of former vice president abdul rashid dostum. the city has changed hands eight a few times. this will be the second major provincial capital to be captured by insurgents. this is stretching afghan forces. look at what has happened in lashkar gah in the south, and in the north as we speak, heavy clashes are going on there. and reports that at least 11 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. and also there is a big push on the biggest eastern city. it is fair to say that abdul rashid dostum is, for want of a better word, one of the strongmen in afghan politics, fighting the taliban for years, he effectively has his own military forces, as is true in lots of parts of afghanistan. as this is what this is turning into, a
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in the past couple of months the taliban have successfully captured half of the districts of afghanistan. the lightning advance of the taliban is getting harder and harder to ignore. and that has catastrophic effects. for example, on the morale of tens of thousands of afghan troops who, you know, in a rather familiar way, of afghan troops who, you know, in a ratherfamiliar way, we of afghan troops who, you know, in a rather familiar way, we are of afghan troops who, you know, in a ratherfamiliar way, we are hearing reports that they are simply abandoning their positions and throwing of their uniforms. these are people who are poorly trained, badly and in some cases not paid. and they are not fighting for kind of victory or glory as the taliban are. and they are not perhaps willing to die as the members of the taliban are so this impression of a lightning advance is something that is becoming more and more apparent. lets talk about, then, what this might be. we have these claims by the