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Afghan National Army Retreat From Taloqan Under Taliban Fire
Published 3 years ago
Members of the Afghan National Army record themselves retreating from Taloqan under a hail of Taliban gunfire. This is just another hit to Afghan Government Forces as the Taliban continue to advance.
In the last 24 hours, a number of cities in Afghanistan have fallen into the hands of the Taliban as the organization continues to put pressure on government forces throughout the country. While the Afghan Government, Air Force, and Army, continue to fight back, it doesn't appear as if there will be an end to the on-going fighting that has been happening there since the start of the 2021 offensive back in May of this year.
In this video, an Afghan Soldier records the moment his unit begins to retreat. All around the retreating gun-trucks, for the duration of the video, incoming and outgoing gunfire can be heard as the unit engages with Taliban fighters to cover what appears to be their own retreat from the situation. While the Afghan Air Force has been putting in a lot of work, and groups of Afghan Commandos have been meeting with success in a number of their battle with the Taliban, it appears as if conventional Afghan ground forces simply are not up to the task of holding their ground.
