10 maps to understand Afghanistan. ... (12 percent of the country) live in the capital Kabul, ... Nangarhar (1.5 million), Balkh (1.3 million) and Kandahar (1.2 million). 2.

Kandahar, Kandahar province The Taliban claimed to have taken Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-biggest city and former Taliban stronghold, in what was a big blow to Afghan government forces. August 11 ...

As U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the color-coded map shows the Taliban controlling ... If you wanted to get into a car and drive from Kabul to, say, the big city of Kandahar, could you ...

Map of Afghanistan locating the cities that have fallen to the Taliban in the past week, as of August 13 (AFP Photo) Kabul: The Taliban fighters are advancing rapidly across large parts of ...

The fighting in Afghanistan’s south has intensified over the past several months as the Taliban is attempting to gain control of districts prior to the onset of winter. Two of the main flashpoints in ...

Shahr-i-Safa, Afghanistan — AS a hair-thin line on a map, Afghanistan’s national Ring Road looks easy enough to conquer. But tell war-hardened Afghans that you’re going to travel its entire ...

Afghanistan: Map shows the ... The latest US intelligence assessment suggests Kabul could fall ... It also claimed to have “completely conquered” Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Kandahar.

It captured the Nerkh district outside Kabul on May 11 and began a series of attacks across Afghanistan. The militants took Kandahar, the country's second-largest city, on Friday and entered Kabul ...

Herat - captured on August 12 - In Herat province and west of the country, the capital is Afghanistan's third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul. Kandahar - captured on ...

Three thousand fresh American troops are being rushed to Afghanistan to support the partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Kabul. State Department spokesman Ned Price said of the operation ...

THE HIGHWAY nearly 500km long that links Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, to its second city, Kandahar, was once hailed as a sign of great progress in America’s campaign to pacify Afghanistan ...