Over the past week the Taliban have made rapid advances throughout Afghanistan

District control:

Taliban

Afghan government

Contested

Major cities captured by Taliban

6 August

Kunduz

Faizabad

Herat

Mazar-i-Sharif

Pul-e-Khumri

Kabul

Farah

Ghazni

Zaranj

Lashkar Gah

Kandahar

12 August

Kunduz

Faizabad

Herat

Mazar-i-Sharif

Pul-e-Khumri

Kabul

Farah

Ghazni

Lashkar Gah

Kandahar

District control:

Taliban

Afghan government

Contested

Major cities captured by Taliban

6 August

12 August

Kunduz

Faizabad

Kunduz

Faizabad

Herat

Herat

Mazar-i-Sharif

Pul-e-Khumri

Mazar-i-Sharif

Pul-e-Khumri

Kabul

Kabul

Farah

Farah

Ghazni

Ghazni

Lashkar Gah

Kandahar

Zaranj

Lashkar Gah

Kandahar