KABUL, 11 July 2021, (TON): A Taliban delegation in Moscow said that it will not attack provincial centers, despite fighting by the group on the outskirts of many cities, including Qala-e-Naw in Badghis, over the last three days.

Sources from Kandahar said that the Taliban attacked District 7 of the city of Kandahar and captured two outposts.

The sources said that some residents of the area have left their homes, but Kandahar police said that more forces have arrived at the area to push back the Taliban attack.

Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar, who is in Moscow with two other members of the group, said that they will not attack cities to prevent bloodshed.

He said the reason behind their attacks is lack of addressing their demands for the release of their prisoners and removing the names of their leaders from UN blacklist.

Delawar said “they are in talks with other Afghans to discuss a new system that should be Islamic, Afghan-inclusive and united."

He added that they have “85% of Afghan soil under their control.”