Afghan families flee homes in south amid Taliban advance: Live
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Dozens flee as Afghan army launches counterattack against Taliban in key southern city of Lashkar Gah, residents say.
There has been intense fighting in Afghanistan in recent days, mainly in the south and the west, while a bomb-and-gun attack in capital Kabul has killed at least eight people. Several attacks have struck the capital city in the past 24 hours, including a bomb blast on Wednesday morning, but no group has claimed responsibility. Fighting in the country escalated after the US and NATO decided to withdraw their troops from the country by August 31 20 years after they invaded to overthrow the Taliban.
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