Militant activity remains a problem in Kandahar province despite increases in security over the past few years. In October , Taliban fighters launched an assault on Maidan Shar and severed the highway linking Kabul and Kandahar. He received his education in France. Azizi has spent part of his career in the medical field, starting at the Burns unit in the Herat hospital. Since then, Dr.
Azizi has worked in various governmental offices, including as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from till Azizi has had conflicting perspectives on democracy in Afghanistan. In , he is quoted telling a reporter that "Now there is democracy, and this is why [Afghanistan] is difficult to control It's bad. Democracy is not a postcard that you can send from the United States to countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. However, the Taliban has contested this claim.
Formerly part of the Barakzai grouping, the Achekzai were separated from the rest of the tribe by Ahmad Shah Durrani for management purposes, and the Achekzai remained one of the most troublesome tribes in the province.
Traditionally nomadic, they further divide themselves into two large sub-groupings, the Gujanzais and the Badinzais, and had a reputation for disunity and predation. They now primarily live in Spin Boldak District. Mullah Naqib was politically astute and had good relations with all influential individuals in Kandahar with the exception of Gul Agha Sherzai. In addition, he had good links to the provincial and central government as well as Rabbani Jamiat who he fought for during the mujahideen years.
The tribe has had difficulties in recent years as mentioned above, and some Alokzai see a Barakzai-Popalzai union acting against their interests both politically and economically, especially following allegations of land-grabs in Arghandab by Ahmed Wali Karzai Popalzai.
The Baluch, thought to number over a million in Afghanistan, are an Indo-Iranian ethnic group spread over Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
Significant numbers also exist abroad. In Pakistan, Baluchi independence groups have fought with Islamabad over the revenues from natural resources in Baluchistan. The capital of Pakistani Baluchistan is Quetta, where many of the Taliban are thought to have fled after their fall from power, but Qalat, further south, has traditionally been the seat of the Baluch Khans. I lost my beloved son. I am left with all his children, my grandchildren — what should I do with them now?
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Comments are welcome while open. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Join the conversation Create account. Already have an account? World After years of war in Kandahar, Taliban leaders now seek aid from former enemies Two months after the Taliban swept into Kandahar — part of its march toward the ultimate collapse of Afghanistan — CBC News went back to the southern region where Canadians had fought and died.
With security rapidly deteriorating, the United States planned to send in 3, troops to help evacuate some personnel from the US Embassy in Kabul. Separately, Britain said about troops would be deployed on a short-term basis to support British nationals leaving the country, and Canada is sending special forces to help evacuate its embassy. Peace talks in Qatar remain stalled, though diplomats are still meeting, as the US, European and Asian nations warned that any government established by force would be rejected.
Fazel Haq Ehsan, chief of the provincial council in the western Ghor province, said Friday that the Taliban had entered Feroz Koh, the provincial capital, and that there was fighting inside the city. The Taliban meanwhile claimed to have captured Qala-e Naw, capital of the western Badghis province.
There was no official confirmation. The Taliban are also on the move in Logar province, just south of Kabul, where they claim to have seized the police headquarters in the provincial capital of Puli-e Alim as well as a nearby prison. The city is some 80 kilometers 50 miles south of Kabul. The latest US military intelligence assessment suggests Kabul could come under insurgent pressure within 30 days and that, if current trends hold, the Taliban could gain full control of the country within a few months.
The Afghan government may be forced to pull back to defend the capital and just a few other cities in the coming days if the Taliban maintain momentum. Afghan security forces and the government have not responded to repeated questions from journalists, instead issuing video communiques that downplay the Taliban advance. Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Afghan army has rotted from within due to corruption and mismanagement, leaving troops in the field poorly equipped and with little motivation to fight.
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