[18][10] After resisting for three days, an entire 217th Pamir Corps had surrendered, allowing Taliban to take control of the airport and a number of military vehicles and tanks stationed inside the headquarters.

[27] By mid-July, the Taliban were inside four out of nine municipal districts of Kunduz city, battling for control with the government forces.

[6][30] Later that day, an airstrike was also carried out targeting local headquarters of National Directorate of Security which had fallen to the Taliban earlier.

[19][20] Taliban also captured a number of military vehicles, equipment,[10] ScanEagle drones[11] and one battle tank[12] stationed inside the headquarters and also a Mil Mi-24 helicopter at the airport.

[14] Zargul Alemi, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, said that there were around 2,000 soldiers in 217th Pamir Corps headquarters before surrender and desertions.

[9] Alemi said, "I don't know why the commanders did not gather their forces and fight until the last drop of their blood, with all the guns, resources and ammunition they had in the airport and the corps".

Exhausted government forces, lack of reinforcements and delay in targeting of Taliban by Afghan Air Force, were described by Sayed Jawad Hussaini, the deputy police chief of a district in Kunduz city, as the key factors that benefited the Taliban and allowed them to capture the city.