Afghanistan fighting: Taliban make major advances in provincial capitals

Name: Afghanistan fighting: Taliban make major advances in provincial capitals
Uploaded: 2021-08-02T09:15:11+00:00
Duration: 59 s

Issued on: 02/08/2021 - 11:15

Afghan forces battled Monday to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban following weekend offensives by the insurgents on urban centres in a sharp escalation. Taliban fighters assaulted at least three provincial capitals overnight -- Lashkar Gah, Kandahar and Herat -- after a weekend of heavy fighting that saw thousands of civilians flee the advancing militants. FRANCE 24's Franz Marty tells us more.