The Taliban has so far captured 100 districts in Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have weakened after the withdrawal of American troops.
Opposition group active in Pakistan (symbolic photo)
Insurgent groups have also increased their attacks against Pakistan and China as the Taliban intensified attacks to gain control of Afghanistan in view of the withdrawal of US troops. This information has been given in a news. According to the news of Hong Kong’s ‘South China Morning Post’, insurgent groups have intensified attacks against Pakistan and China.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has been rebelling against Pakistan for many years, has become active in gaining control of many areas in the tribal areas of Pakistan as well as in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to the news, the TTP led by Noor Wali Mehsud, a Taliban close, has strategically redeployed its forces in sensitive areas bordering Pakistan.
TTP terrorist operating in Pakistan
It said that unlike the TTP, four Baloch insurgent groups working under the umbrella of Baloch Raji Azoi Sengar have been violently involved in the operations of China’s Gwadar port and other projects under the US$60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Balochistan. are opposing. The CPEC connects the Xinjiang province of China with the Gwadar port. According to a UN monitoring report in June, five thousand TTP terrorists are currently in Afghanistan.
Mir Kalam Wazir, an independent member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, said different factions operating in South Waziristan united under the TTP banner last October. “There are reports that TTP terrorists in South Waziristan have started extorting money from government contractors,” Wazir said. “They have not only been seen patrolling some areas of South Waziristan, but the help of local people has also been taken to make arrangements for food,” he said.
100 districts of Afghanistan under Taliban control
The Taliban on Sunday captured a key district in Kandahar province after fierce fighting with government forces in Afghanistan. News agencies gave this information on Sunday. Two days after US-allied forces withdrew from Bagram Air Base near Kabul, the militant group captured Panjwai district in the southern province of Kandahar.
Given its proximity to Kandahar, Panjwai district has long been a target of the Taliban. “The Taliban have seized the district police headquarters and the governor’s office building,” Panjwai district governor Hasti Mohammad told AFP news agency. Taliban insurgents have taken massive measures across the country and captured nearly 100 districts after US troops returned to their country following President Joe Biden’s announcement in April.
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