{"id":607725,"date":"2021-07-31T20:51:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607725"},"modified":"2021-07-31T20:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:51:28","slug":"afghanistans-key-city-at-risk-of-falling-to-the-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistans-key-city-at-risk-of-falling-to-the-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan\u2019s key city at risk of falling to the Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghanistans-key-city-at-risk-of-falling-to-the-taliban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2477038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2477038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afghan security personnel stand behind a wall during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo\/Samiullah Quraishi)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:36 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 31, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Afghan forces clashed with the Taliban as Islamist militants besieged three of the province\u2019s key cities. Local Afghan government commanders said military reinforcements began arriving on Saturday as Taliban fighters entered parts of Herat, Kandahar and Lashkar Gah.<\/p>\n<p>In Lashkar Gah, insurgents were reportedly only a few hundred meters from the governor\u2019s office. A clinic has also been bombed, along with several homes destroyed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Attack on United Nations Compound in Herat:  The United States strongly condemns the attack on the United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an Afghan guard. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xb5Mi9Tjq1\">https:\/\/t.co\/xb5Mi9Tjq1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyKabul\/status\/1421331316612771840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Afghan forces said the Taliban suffered significant casualties in the last two days. Insurgents have amped up the pressure on several cities in the recent weeks, while tens of thousands have been displaced.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-kim-reynolds-rejects-bidens-call-for-100-vaccine-incentives\/\">Gov. Kim Reynolds Rejects Biden\u2019s Call For $100 Vaccine Incentives<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghan security personnel stand behind a wall during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. 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