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Taliban claim to control 90 percent of Afghan border

  • The Taliban now control about half of Afghanistan's roughly 400 districts.
Published July 22, 2021

MOSCOW: A spokesman for the Taliban claimed Thursday they controlled 90 percent of Afghanistan's borders, following offensives carried out as foreign forces withdraw.

"Afghanistan's borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, or about 90 percent of the border, are under our control," Zabihullah Mujahid told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Taliban are pushing across Afghanistan, snapping up territory, seizing border crossings and encircling cities, with the withdrawal of US and NATO troops all but complete.

The Taliban now control about half of Afghanistan's roughly 400 districts.

Mujahid told RIA Novosti the Taliban would not tolerate the Islamic State group, also called ISIS, in Afghanistan.

Taliban fighters enter capital of northwestern Afghan province

"We assure you that we will not allow ISIS to become active in the country, in areas under our control," he said.

"There are no militants from Central Asia or China in the county," he added.

Mujahid also said that after the withdrawal, the Taliban will not tolerate foreign troops in the country, including from Turkey which has been in talks with Washington about taking over running Kabul airport.

"We have already rejected Turkey's position and said that after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan we will not allow other foreign forces to remain in the country under any pretext," Mujahid said.

Ex-Soviet Tajikistan, on Afghanistan's border, held a large-scale military inspection on Thursday -- the first of its kind in the country's 30-year history.

The Taliban's offensives in recent weeks have forced Afghan refugees and government troops to make their way across the Tajik border.

Russia, which maintains military bases in Central Asia, said it would stage military drills with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan next month.

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