Taliban could isolate Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90, according to US assessment.
A new US intelligence assessment says Afghanistan’s capital could fall within 90 days after the Taliban armed group took more than a quarter of the country’s provincial capitals in less than a week.
The group has captured nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan since Friday, including Faizabad, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri, Sar-e-Pul, Sheberghan, Aybak, Kunduz, Taluqan and Zaranj.
Pakistan’s foreign minister on Wednesday told reporters that his country will continue to play its role to facilitate the Afghan peace process as the Taliban gains more ground in Afghanistan.
“Our delegation is in Doha right now,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, referring to ongoing peace talks hosted by Qatar.
Qureshi said Pakistani officials there are “engaging with all stakeholders for the promotion of peace and stability in Afghanistan”.
Germany and the Netherlands have suspended any deportations of people to Afghanistan as the security situation in the war-torn country worsens.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered the suspension “for the time being,” spokesman Steve Alter said Wednesday. Earlier, Alter said that almost 30,000 Afghans in Germany are currently required to leave the country.
In the Netherlands, Justice State Secretary Ankie Broekers-Knol wrote to parliament that changes in Afghanistan were so unpredictable “that a decision was taken to impose a departure moratorium.”
She said the decision was justified by “the worsening situation and the possibility to wait for a decision until there is a more stable assessment of the situation”.
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