The situation in Afghanistan seems to have reached the final stage, and according to the US media, the Taliban's troops are only 50 kilometers away from Kabul, much closer than the previous 150 kilometers. In Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, where the fighting was all over, there was a strange scene at the previously heavily fortified airfield, which was thought to be a possibility of fierce fighting, and thousands of people surrendered their weapons to the Taliban forces of only a few hundred people. After handing over their light weapons, many soldiers also handed over more than 50 pieces of heavy equipment and some helicopters at the airport to the Taliban, and then some soldiers who did not want to continue fighting received the travel fee and went home with a happy smile.
According to social media sources, the Kandahar airport has been completely lost, which also means that Afghanistan has completely lost control of the second largest city. In fact, the defense of the Kandahar airport has been favored by Western experts before, because thousands of Afghan soldiers are deployed here, and at most 4,000 people were deployed. It should be known that the Taliban have a total of only 70,000 people, and only a few thousand people participated in the siege, and it will take a certain amount of time to really fight.
Specifically, these people at the airport consisted mainly of soldiers, local police, private soldiers of some high-ranking officials, as well as the defensive forces of the airport itself and the staff of the airport. Although the personnel are more mixed, but the fight can still cause some trouble, but these Afghan soldiers directly chose to surrender, but also let the Western experts directly dumbfounded. In addition, the top governor of Logar Province, the chief of police and a number of senior officials in the Kandahar airport also surrendered. At least 19 provincial capitals are now occupied by the Taliban, and almost two-thirds of the country is under their control.
This time the bloodless blade is also very important for the Taliban, one is to attack Kabul after fighting Kandahar, and the smaller the cost, the more it can save strength to fight the last and most difficult battle. Second, there are still a large number of munitions preserved in the airport, it should be known that land transportation is basically cut off, external support is transferred through the airport, and the large number of weapons stored here is of great significance to the subsequent battle of Kabul. And it also avoids the Taliban from transporting arms supplies from the occupied territories, which would waste more time.
The Afghan surrender soldiers surrendered a large number of light weapons, including a large number of assault rifles and squad machine guns, and also gave the Taliban several fixed-wing fighters and helicopters at the airport, including several MD-530Fs, which means that in the future battle of Kabul, the Taliban air support force may be seen, of course, provided that there are people among them who know how to maintain and use aircraft.
As for these Afghan soldiers who laid down their arms, the Taliban adopted the previous policy that those who were willing to fight could stay and join the Taliban directly, and those who did not want to fight would directly pay for the journey home. In any case, most of the place was under the administration of the Taliban after returning home. However, it was obvious that the soldiers were very happy to be far away from the war, and many of them laughed and returned home with a long-lost ease on their faces, after all, no one wanted to live in the war every day.
Overall, the later in the fighting, the more Afghan soldiers surrendered, and they asked why I was fighting since no one else was fighting. This is actually a manifestation of losing the will to fight, they have no idea what it means to fight, for whom are they fighting? The president of Afghanistan who was arranged for the Americans? After all, the US troops themselves have already retreated, and there is no point in fighting at all. Coupled with the Taliban's gentle approach, those who do not want to fight can take money to go home, can go home to their wives, children, and mothers, who is willing to fight for a purposeless battle? This trick gives the toll the essence of the Taliban.
As for the subsequent Kabul War, it will probably take until the Taliban digest the current occupied areas and concentrate the current relatively scattered manpower and resources before launching a general offensive. Relatively speaking, kabul is also actively deploying defensive forces, and the West still hopes that the experienced private soldiers under some old warlords can play a role, of course, the battle of Kabul must be a vicious war, but also a war that determines the fate of Afghanistan in the future!