In just a few months the Taliban have taken over large parts of the country

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