Massive car bomb detonation against the main police headquarters in Lashkar Gah earlier today. The building was later seized by the Taliban as they pushed into the provincial capital center.
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Taliban militant celebrating the fall of Ghazni by busting a move in Provincial Governor Dawood Laghmani’s office. The Governor struck a deal with the Taliban to surrender the city in exchange for his safe passage out of the city. He was immediately arrested after arriving in Wardak*.
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Footage purportedly showing ANDSF forces in full retreat in parts of Herat after the Taliban declared victory over the strategic provincial capital. Speculation that they are trying to regroup with Mujahideen fighters and militia members to launch a counter offensive.
Also, the Taliban have captured at least five (up to 15 according to some people on Twitter) brand new American-made ScanEagle UAVs that were left behind at the Kunduz Air Field. These things run over $3 million a pop.
More helicopters captured by the Taliban near Ghazni. Not sure if the Blackhawk is operational or if the damage to the nose was done in an attempt to make it inoperable. The MD 530 (also unclear if it is operational) obviously doesn’t have its rotors on, but those can easily be replaced.
Pick your poison. Recent Taliban loot hauls from the past 24 hours.