Militants of the terrorist grouping “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia) were knocked out of herat, the third largest city of Afghanistan. About this Tolonews agency reported sources in the government, “Sputnik Afghanistan” reports.
It is noted that government troops reflected attacks on all key objects in the city, including those whose capture video allegedly appeared on the Internet.
Governor Gerat Ismail-Khan denied information about the flight of the armed forces and urged his fighters to reflect the attacks of the “army of ignorance”.
Previously, there was information that the Taliban managed to capture herats. It has been reported that the militants are knitted under control the police station, the residence of the governor and prison. The representative of the group of Zabilella Mujahid said that a large number of soldiers were captured. In social networks there were records of how Afghan forces massively leave the city on armored cars.
The position of the Afghan authorities every day becomes more critical. Last week, the Taliban was able to capture the capital of ten provinces. Herat became the object of the attacks of extremists in July, but then the city managed to defend the American aviation.