Hundreds of Afghan security forces flee as districts fall to Taliban

Afghan soldiers on a road at the frontline of fighting with the Taliban near the city of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan on Sunday. Photograph: Nazim Qasmy/AP

Afghan soldiers on a road at the frontline of fighting with the Taliban near the city of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan on Sunday. Photograph: Nazim Qasmy/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/04/hundreds-of-afghan-security-forces-flee-as-districts-fall-to-taliban