The Taliban claimed on Saturday that their fighters entered the Panjshir Valley from multiple directions without clashing, but the Popular Resistance Front denied the claims.
Earlier in the day Taliban troops stationed additional forces around Kabul airport to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, when the massive US-led airlift was suspended before the August 31 deadline.
New layers of checkpoints were emerging on the roads leading to the airport, some of which were manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with humvees and night vision goggles captured by Afghan security forces.
Meanwhile, US Maj. General Taylor said the armed forces were conducting a counter-terrorism operation across the horizon against an ISIS-K “planner and facilitator”, and killed two high profile ISIS targets.
“One was wounded and we know of zero civilian casualties. We continue to evacuate American citizens and add vulnerable Afghans from Kabul.
the The US has also evacuated and facilitated the relocation of around 1,19,900 people from Kabul Airport since August 14, the White House announced on Saturday.
Here are the top 5 developments:
1. The US military carried out a drone attack in Afghanistan, killing two high-profile Islamic State “planners and facilitators” hours after President Joe Biden promised to take revenge for the double explosions at Kabul airport, in which 169 Afghans and 13 American ones Soldiers were killed. The first attack hit a house in eastern Nangarhar province in Qala-e-Naghrak 7th district at 12:00 noon on Saturday, killing the mastermind behind the attack on Kabul airport.
2. US soldiers have left three gates and some other parts of Kabul airport and Taliban troops are now controlling these areas, the TOLO news agency quoted the Taliban as saying.
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3. The last British flight to evacuate civilians from Afghanistan left Kabul on Saturday, ending an operation that overflown nearly 15,000 Afghan and British citizens in the two weeks since the Taliban came to power.
4th The Taliban released Laghman provincial officials, the chief of police, the director of National Security Defense and the chairman of the former government’s provincial council, Asvaka News reported. They were arrested by the Taliban after they captured Laghman Province two weeks ago.
5. The Taliban have issued a statement asked everyone in Kabul who owned government vehicles, Equipment, weapons and ammunition to voluntarily hand over the respective items to the group within one week. The militants have warned against legal action against violations of the above order, tweeted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
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