Taliban take strategic Ghazni city on road to Kabul
The Peninsula
Kabul: Taliban fighters in Afghanistan captured the strategic city of Ghazni on Thursday, the ninth provincial capital they have seized in a week and another gain after U.S. intelligence said the insurgents could take the capital Kabul within 90 days.
The speed of the Taliban advance has sparked recriminations among many Afghans over U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops and leave the Afghan government to fight alone, ending the United States' longest war. Ghazni lies 150 km (93 miles) southwest of Kabul on the ancient route between the capital and the second city of Kandahar. The militants occupied Ghazni's government agency headquarters after heavy clashes, a security official said.
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