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- On August 8, Taliban captured Bak town in Khost province.
- On August 8, Taliban captured Kunduz city in Kunduz province.
- On August 8, Taliban captured Taloqan city in Takhar province.
- On August 8, US B-52 bombers attacked Safian area north of Lashkar Gah.
- On August 9, Taliban attacked Hazrat-e Sultan in north of Aybak city.
- On August 9, Taliban attacked Pole Khomri city in Baghlan province.
- On August 9, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Herat city.
- On August 9, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued inside the city of Lashkar Gah.
- 579 Taliban militants were killed and 161 others were wounded as a result of Afghan Army operations in Nangarhar, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Kandahar, Herat, Farah, Jowzjan, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, Kunduz and Panjshir provinces during the last 24 hours, according to the Afghan MOD.