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- On August 3, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued inside the city of Lashkar Gah
- On August 3, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Herat city
- On August 2, Taliban attacked Afghan Army positions near the city of Sheberghan in Jowzjan province
- 375 Taliban militants were killed and 143 others were wounded as a result of Afghan Army operations in Nuristan, Logar, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Herat, Jowzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Helmand, Kapisa and Baghlan provinces during the last 24 hours, according to the Afghan MOD
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Fun fact: Kandhar was founded by Alexander of Makedonia in 330 BCE, almost 1000 years before the founding of Islam in 622 CE.