(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 01 - Violent fighting is underway for the fourth consecutive day in Herat, semi-besieged by the Taliban: on the field Kabul has deployed "hundreds of special forces soldiers" to defend the third city of the country, announced the spokesman of the ministry of Defense, Fawad Aman, quoted by local media. The BBC reports intense fighting that also continues in the center of Lashkar Gah and in Kandahar. The Afghan Human Rights Commission announces that 1,677 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year, with a dramatic increase of 80% compared to 2020.
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