Hardline group ‘have been emboldened by developments of recent weeks,’ says Zalmay Khalizad.
Kabul
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Acting Ministry of National Defense Gen. Bismellah Mohammadi met & discussed with Tomas Niklasson Acting Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan at the Ministry of National Defense in Kabul, late morning today.
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Government says provincial capitals Herat, Kandahar, Lashkargah attacked, insurgents claim capturing key Herat district.
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Taliban says it condemns ‘barbaric attacks in the strongest terms’.