Justin Bullock, FISM News
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The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating as the US and other international nations withdraw the last of their troops from the country. The Taliban seems determined to continue to fight the Afghani government in attempts to fully take over the country. The Taliban is a radical Islamic organization that desires to implement a strict Islamic society in Afghanistan. Now that the US and other international countries have mostly left Afghanistan, the terrorist organization is seizing on this chance of apparent weakness and is taking control of a large portion of the country.
The Taliban was able to capture the provincial capital Sheberghan on Saturday, one day after it had conquered the provincial capitol of Zaranj. This means that the two provinces are effectively under their control and it joins the dozens of other districts and border crossings that the Taliban has taken charge of. The Taliban is also currently exerting significant pressure on other provincial capitals like Herat and Kandahar. This is all despite continued targeted air strikes from the US military in support of Afghan military efforts.
US and UN officials are expressing growing skepticism that the Taliban will ever agree to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Several analysts have indicated that they believe Afghanistan is on the brink of an all out civil war or worse a Taliban take-over.
Furthermore, the Taliban has also assassinated the head of the Afghan Government Media and Information Centre, Dawa Khan Menapal in Kabul. This killing was for the express purpose of weakening the fledgling Afghani government. The US Charge d’Affaires Ross Wilson tweeted on Thursday and Friday about the situation in Afghanistan as well as the killing of Menapal.
The Taliban’s violence & hate have never been sustainable forms of governance. The group's previous beheadings as well as current offensive & targeted killings show that they only know violence and are scared of peace. We urge them to choose peace. pic.twitter.com/e3DI2utzie
— Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker (@USAmbKabul) August 6, 2021
We are saddened & disgusted by the Taliban’s targeted killing of Dawa Khan Meenapal, a friend and colleague, whose career was focused on providing truthful information to all Afghans about #Afghanistan. These murders are an affront to Afghans’ human rights & freedom of speech.
— Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker (@USAmbKabul) August 6, 2021