On Tuesday, Rashid Khan pleaded for peace on Twitter. He pleaded with the ‘World Leaders' not to abandon his countrymen in the midst of ‘chaos.'
“Dear World Leaders! My country is in chaos, thousand of innocent people, including children & women, get martyred everyday, houses & properties being destructed.Thousand families displaced. Don’t leave us in chaos. Stop killing Afghans & destroying Afghanistan. We want peace,” wrote Rashid.
As people hid in their houses, Taliban insurgents strengthened their hold on conquered Afghan land on Tuesday, according to an EU source, who said the terrorists now control 65 percent of the nation following a run of unexpected wins as foreign forces withdraw.
President Ashraf Ghani urged regional strongmen to back his administration, while a United Nations official warned that human rights gains gained in the 20 years since the hardline Islamists were driven from power were in danger.
Taliban fighters were reinforcing their hold in the town of Aibak, the capital of Samangan province, on the key route connecting the northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul, locals said. The majority of the government's security personnel looked to have left.
On Sunday, Taliban insurgents gained control of the majority of the capital of northern Afghanistan's important Kunduz province, as well as a nearby provincial capital, after a month-long siege. The advances were the latest in a string of setbacks for government forces as U.S. soldiers leave the nation after almost two decades.
Following the Taliban's capture of a number of districts around the country, US intelligence officials have warned that the country's civilian government may fall to the jihadists within months of US troops departing.
