The Taliban in the Juzcan province of Afghanistan, Biden orders air strikes by U.S. bombers

　　China News Service, August 8th. Comprehensive foreign media reported on the 8th that the Taliban claimed that on the 7th, they captured the city of Shebergan, the capital of Juzjan Province in northern Afghanistan.

US President Biden then ordered the dispatch of bombers and helicopter gunships to attack the Taliban.

Afghan officials said that the Taliban became a target of airstrikes in Shibirgan, the capital of Juzjan Province, and that they suffered "heavy losses."

Data map: On March 1, 2017 local time, the Afghan army and the Taliban exchanged fire in Kabul, and smoke billowed on the scene.

The Taliban claimed to have committed the attack.

Witnesses said that after the explosion, security personnel and militants engaged in continuous exchanges of fire at the scene.

　　According to reports, the Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid announced on social media on the 7th that the organization had captured Shibergan, the capital of the northern Juzjan Province, on the same day.

　　Then there were reports that US President Biden ordered the dispatch of B-52 bombers and AC-130 "Ghost" helicopter gunships to attack the Taliban.

　　The British "Times" quoted sources from the US Department of Defense as reporting that the United States had sent several B-52H strategic bombers to combat the Taliban.

　　Russian Satellite Network reported that Fuad Aman, the spokesperson of the Afghan Ministry of Defense, also posted on social media that the Taliban had become a target of airstrikes in Shibirgan, the capital of Juzjan Province, and that they had "heavy losses".

　　The report pointed out that the confrontation between the Afghan government forces and the Taliban has continued.

The Taliban occupied large tracts of territory in rural areas and launched attacks on large cities.

There was news last week that the Taliban approached Herat, the capital of Herat Province in western Afghanistan, and launched an offensive in Rashkar Gah, the main city of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

　　According to reports, the Taliban has not yet responded to this.

　　U.S. President Biden announced in April 2021 that the U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan will begin to withdraw on May 1 and will withdraw completely before September 11.

On July 8, Biden stated that the US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31.

With the accelerated withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan government forces has become increasingly fierce, and the local security situation has continued to deteriorate.