Taliban terrorists reportedly take control of first Afghan provincial capital Zaranj

The Taliban have taken control of the provincial capital of Zaranj in Nimroz province, according to BBC reports

Local Afghan officials told the BBC insurgents had captured the town on Friday afternoon.

The Taliban later posted pictures on social media in front of the governor’s palace.

Zaranj is a commercial hub and the administrative center of Nimroz province on the border with Iran.

This comes as fighting between Afghan government forces and the Taliban intensifies across the country, after the Taliban has made significant advances.

Earlier today, the head of the Afghan government’s media department, Dawa Khan Menapal, was shot in Kabul by the militant group. On Tuesday, the Taliban carried out a suicide-bomb and gun attack in Kabul’s Green Zone targeted Afghanistan’s acting defence minister killing thirteen people.

The United Nations Afghanistan mission chief Deborah Lyons has told the UN Security Council it “must issue an unambiguous statement that attacks against cities must stop now.”

Source: Independent