update on aug 12 , 12:35 pm ist
The latest US military intelligence assessment is that Kabul could come under Taliban pressure within 30 days and that if current trends hold, the insurgents could gain full control of the country within a couple of months.
The Taliban offensive is leading to a humongous humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. According to the country’s disaster management minister Ghulam Bahauddin Jilani, more than 60,000 families in Afghanistan’s 34 provinces have been displaced by the escalation of the war in the last two months. At least 17,000 of them have taken refuge in national capital Kabul, which is also being threatened by the Sunni Pashtun fighters.The Taliban offensive is leading to a humongous humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. According to the country’s disaster management minister Ghulam Bahauddin Jilani, more than 60,000 families in Afghanistan’s 34 provinces have been displaced by the escalation of the war in the last two months. At least 17,000 of them have taken refuge in national capital Kabul, which is also being threatened by the Sunni Pashtun fighters.
The stunning speed at which the Taliban are capturing large swathes of land in Afghanistan raises questions of how long the Afghan government can maintain control of the parts the country it has left.v