American intelligence evaluates the Taliban can isolate Kabul for 30 days and occupy within 90 days.

The US Defense Officer is anonymous today said that the new assessment of the US intelligence on the Kabul capital can cylends more often based on the Taliban's bamboo split across Afghanistan, after the US forces by the US

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But this is not that it will definitely happen, this official said, adding that Afghan security forces can still reverse the Taliban's advanced momentum by strengthening resistance.

Taliban gunmen controlled 65% of Afghan territory and threatened to account for 11 other provinces, according to a senior official of the European Union (EU) on August 10.

Capital Kabul, Afghanistan in March 2019.

A western security source in Kabul said all entrance to the capital was crowded with people who fled violence.

Losing Faizabad, the capital Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan, is the latest failure of the Afghan government, which is having trouble preventing the Taliban's attack.

Failure occurred when Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-I-Sharif to gather defense forces aimed when rebels were approaching.

Jawad Mujadidi, member of Badakhshan Provincial Council, said the Taliban encircled Faizabad before attacking on August 10.

The Taliban seemed to intend to use military measures to restore overthrown power 20 years ago, after the US military intervention campaign.

Control area in Afghanistan.