{"id":75035,"date":"2021-05-05T11:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=75035"},"modified":"2021-05-09T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T15:13:30","slug":"taliban-launches-massive-offensive-after-missed-deadline-for-us-troop-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75035-taliban-launches-massive-offensive-after-missed-deadline-for-us-troop-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban launches massive offensive after missed deadline for US troop withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f5_\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Taliban forces attacked Afghan military positions across Afghanistan on Tuesday as part of an apparent new offensive in response to the U.S. missing a May 1 troop withdrawal deadline set by former President Trump.<br>Reuters reported that attacks occurred in at least seven provinces, including Helmand Province, where local officials told the news service that some checkpoints had been overtaken by the militants.<br>Tuesday&#8217;s offensive comes just under four months before the Biden administration plans to conclude the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from the country, ending the United States&#8217; longest-running war while critics say leaving the country vulnerable to the Taliban taking power.<br>A State Department spokesperson lamented that a return to violence in the country would be &#8220;senseless and tragic.&#8221;<br>&#8220;We remind the Taliban that engaging in violence will not afford it legitimacy or durability. Engaging in serious negotiations to determine a political roadmap for Afghanistan\u2019s future that leads to a just and durable settlement will,&#8221; said a spokesperson for the State Department.<br>&#8220;As General [Austin] Miller made clear: the United States has the military means to respond forcefully to any attack on coalition forces and to support the ANDSF,&#8221; the spokesperson continued.<br>Afghanistan&#8217;s defense ministry told Reuters that at least 100 Taliban fighters had been killed in Tuesday&#8217;s fighting so far, while not providing casualty figures for Afghan security forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban forces attacked Afghan military positions across Afghanistan on Tuesday as part of an apparent new offensive in response to the U.S. missing a May 1 troop withdrawal deadline set by former President Trump.Reuters reported that attacks occurred in at least seven provinces, including Helmand Province, where local officials told the news service that some &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":75217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,7,31],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-75035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-islam","category-news","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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