Russian Consulate General in Afghan Mazar-i-Sharif suspended work

According to him, many consulates temporarily stopped their work until the situation cleared up.

“The situation is mobile, the Afghan security forces, as they say, have surrendered too many counties.

Naturally, this causes nervousness, ”Kabulov told TASS.

Russian Ambassador to Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov noted earlier that since the United States and NATO withdrew their military contingent from the region, the republic's map has seriously changed.

According to Tajik border guards, as of July 5, over 1,000 Afghan troops retreated to Tajikistan after fighting against the Taliban.

AFP also reported that the Taliban captured Sherkhan, a border village and river port in Afghanistan on the border with Tajikistan.

In addition, a source in the leadership of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan told RIA Novosti that the Taliban * militants took control of "more than 70% of the more than 1,430-kilometer border with Tajikistan."

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.