District control:
Taliban
Afghan government
Contested
Major cities captured by Taliban
11 May
Kunduz
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kabul
Lashkar Gah
Kandahar
15 August
Kunduz
Faizabad
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
Pul-e-Khumri
Taliban
forces on
outskirts
of Kabul
Ghazni
Farah
Lashkar Gah
Kandahar
District control:
Taliban
Afghan government
Contested
Major cities captured by Taliban
11 May
15 August
Kunduz
Kunduz
Faizabad
Herat
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif
Pul-e-Khumri
Taliban
forces on
outskirts
of Kabul
Kabul
Ghazni
Farah
Lashkar Gah
Kandahar
Lashkar Gah
Kandahar