General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai removed as Afghan Army Chief
General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai removed as Afghan Army Chief as Taliban extend gains
KABUL (Dunya News/AFP) –General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai on Wednesday has been removed as Afghanistan Army Chief following the defeat of the military by Taliban.
The action came as Taliban seized two more Afghan cities including one just 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Kabul -- as tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the north for the relative safety of the capital and other centres.
But despite the bloodshed, and with eight provincial capitals now toppled in the insurgents sweeping advance, US President Joe Biden gave no hint of delaying his deadline to withdraw all American troops by August 31, instead urging Afghan leaders to "come together" and "fight for themselves."
On the other hand, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif to rally his beleaguered forces, with Taliban fighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country’s provincial capitals in less than a week.
