#AFG The loss of Dahla dam is a major blow to the Government. The Taliban now control all of the irrigation water provided by the Arghandab irrigation network which feeds 4 districts. pic.twitter.com/6u5Z8zzwPL
— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) May 6, 2021
Radio Free Afghanistan: Taliban Capture Key Afghan Dam, Army Bases As U.S. Forces Exit
Taliban fighters have captured Afghanistan's second-biggest dam and two Afghan Army bases, militants and officials said, as fighting escalates amid the ongoing pullout of U.S. and international forces from the war-wracked country.
Dahla Dam, also known as Arghandab Dam, is located in the Shah Wali Kot district of the southern province of Kandahar, some 40 kilometers north of the provincial capital, Kandahar City.
The dam, which provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water for Kandahar City, is now under Taliban control after months of fierce fighting in the militants' former stronghold of Kandahar.
"We have seized the Dahla Dam in Arghandab," Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told the media.
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Update #1: Taliban captures key Afghan dam as fighting rages (Al Jazeera)
Update #2: Taliban Capture Key Afghan Dam as Fighting Rages (Defense Post/AFP)
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