Taliban Seizes 3 More Provincial Capitals In Afghanistan Amid U.S. Troop Withdrawal
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Afghan officials say that puts nine out of the country’s 34 capitals in the insurgents’ hands.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation’s 34 in the insurgents’ hands amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the country’s central government to stem the tide of the advance. Danish Siddiqui via Reuters Humvees that belong to Afghan Special Forces were destroyed during heavy clashes with Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan last month.
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