Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with a minimum of three rockets in a single day, the rebel group’s spokesman mentioned on Sunday, including that the goal was to thwart air strikes carried out by Afghan authorities forces.
“Kandahar airport was targeted by us because the enemy were using it as a centre to conduct air strikes against us,” Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson, informed Reuters.
Afghan authorities officers mentioned the rocket assaults compelled authorities to droop all flights and that the runway was partially broken. There had been no fast experiences of casualties, they mentioned. Officials mentioned the Taliban see Kandahar as a serious strategic level, which they appear to be utilizing as a management centre for gaining full dominance over 5 different provinces.
Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban fighters have intensified within the cities of Kandahar and neighbouring Helmand province. In the west, Afghan officers mentioned Taliban commanders had been swiftly gaining management of strategic buildings round Heraat metropolis, forcing civilians to stay of their properties.
The Taliban have been advancing in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from the nation and in latest weeks the fundamentalist Islamist group mentioned they’ve captured over half of all Afghanistan’s territory, together with border crossings with Iran and Pakistan.
