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1. www.cnn.com › 2021/08/06 › asiaBesieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents see ...

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   Aug 6, 2021 · A wedding hall in the west of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, now lies on the front line of fierce fighting between Taliban forces and Afghan government troops.

2. www.politico.com › news › magazineIn the Taliban’s Birthplace, White Flags, Jailbreaks and ...

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   Aug 18, 2021 · Letter from Kandahar. In the Taliban’s Birthplace, White Flags, Jailbreaks and Fears of Revenge In the final days before Afghanistan’s second-largest city fell to the Taliban, residents ...

3. www.nytimes.com › 2021/08/09 › worldUnder Taliban Siege, 2nd-Largest Afghan City Is Struggling ...

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   Aug 9, 2021 · On Afghanistan’s Front Line, There Are No Good Choices. For the past month, Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, has been under siege by Taliban fighters. Families stuck between them ...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/07/09 › worldTaliban Enter Kandahar City and Seize Border Posts

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   Jul 9, 2021 · Kandahar Province, the main city in Afghanistan’s ethnic Pashtun heartland in the south, was the birthplace of the Taliban during the country’s civil war in the 1990s. And it has been a focus ...

5. www.cnn.com › 2021/09/14 › asiaTaliban gives thousands of Kandahar residents three days to ...

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   Sep 14, 2021 · Local residents march against a reported announcement by the Taliban, asking them to evict their homes built on state-owned land in Kandahar on September 14. Javed Tanveer/AFP/Getty Images

6. www.latimes.com › afghanistan-kandahar-talibanWith Taliban again in Kandahar, time circles back on itself ...

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   Aug 14, 2021 · Aug. 13, 2021 5:08 PM PT. The Taliban’s dramatic recapture early Friday of Kandahar — the group’s birthplace and onetime redoubt of its late spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar — marks a ...

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   Why is Kandahar important to the Taliban?

   • Kandahar, in particular, is a huge prize for the Taliban. It is the economic hub of southern Afghanistan, and it was the birthplace of the insurgency in the 1990s, serving as the militants’ capital for part of their five-year rule. By seizing the city, the Taliban can effectively proclaim a return to power, if not complete control.

   Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Capture 3 Vital Cities

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   Where is Kandahar located?

   • Sitting in the south of the country, it lies on the junction of the highways from Kabul in the northeast, the city of Herat in the northwest and Quetta in Pakistan, to the south. The Taliban are intent on taking Kandahar, the Islamist fundamentalist group’s birthplace. Meanwhile, the government knows it cannot afford to lose it.

   Besieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents ... - CNN

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   Why are people evicting their homes in Kandahar on September 14?

   • Local residents march against a reported announcement by the Taliban, asking them to evict their homes built on state-owned land in Kandahar on September 14. Protests against Taliban rule have broken out in several parts of Afghanistan since the militant group took control of the country last month, following the US withdrawal of troops.

   Taliban gives thousands of Kandahar residents three days to leave ... - C…

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   Was Kandahar a lodestar?

   • Kandahar was the lodestar, the center of gravity for the Taliban until December 2001, when U.S. special forces — the tip of the American spear wielded after the terror attacks of Sept. 11 — chased Omar and his followers out of the southern province’s terrain of pomegranate and apricot orchards and homes of sun-dried brick.

   With Taliban again in Kandahar, time circles back on itself - Los

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2021/08/12 › worldAfghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Capture 3 ...

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   Aug 12, 2021 · Kandahar, in particular, is a huge prize for the Taliban. It is the economic hub of southern Afghanistan, and it was the birthplace of the insurgency in the 1990s, serving as the militants ...