Taliban Battle Opposition Militias, Wield New Power in Kabul

Clashes flared in northern and central Afghanistan involving the Taliban and community militias on Wednesday, as the Islamist movement ongoing to consolidate its grip on electricity in the Afghan capital two days following the U.S. finished its 20-12 months presence in the region.

Hundreds of American citizens and citizens remained trapped in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led airlift finished, with no evident route out of the region.

Qatar on Wednesday despatched a technological workforce to Kabul at the request of the Taliban to go over the resumption of operations in the airport, in accordance to a particular person acquainted with the matter. The jet carrying the workforce was the very first flight regarded to have landed in Kabul given that the past U.S. navy airplane took off Monday at midnight community time.

The aim of the delegation was to resume humanitarian flights in and out of Kabul, and to restart evacuation attempts from the airport, the particular person said.

The Taliban said they experienced captured the Shotul district in Panjshir, building gains in the sole Afghan province that the militant group has not captured. Panjshir is residence to a resistance movement led by the son of a famous commander from the anti-Taliban wrestle in the 1990s.