Fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban continued in at least 80 districts across the country in the past 24 hours, security sources told TOLOnews.

According to the sources, over 100 Taliban fighters and 90 security force members were killed during this period. Neither the Taliban nor the government has provided numbers of casualties. 

Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), on Wednesday said that the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan paved the way for the Taliban to increase the level of violence.

Abdullah said that the Taliban is expanding the war and seeks to be the winner on the battlefield but it will not be able to dominate Afghanistan militarily.