The Deputy Ministry of Interior (MoI) Naqibullah Fayeq said that the Taliban’s recent military advance is temporary, and they will be pushed back soon by Security Forces, reports Tolo News on June 23. “How have they gotten this much strength within a month's time and moved toward Mazar-e-Sharif, toward Faryab and Takhar? This is propaganda, it is a temporary thing, even the Taliban themselves do not believe that they have reached these regions,” said Naqibullah Fayeq, Deputy Minister of Interior for Security and Strategy.