In the march towards seizing control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have now detained Warlord Ismail Khan and some other officials of the Kabul administration along with two helicopters.
As per sources, the officials have been taken to a different place, the Taliban however refused to comment on their detention and subsequent whereabouts.
The 75-year-old veteran Afghan warlord whose militia helped the US defeat the Taliban in 2001 had vowed on Friday to take up arms as the enemy who closed in on his Herat stronghold in the west.
The insurgents had captured an arc of territory stretching from the Iranian border to the frontier with China in early May as US troops began their final withdrawal.
The former politicians’ comments came as the Taliban claimed they now control around 85 percent of Afghanistan including key border crossings with Iran, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Launching an attack on the inefficiency of the government and the country’s military, the veteran leader had noted…