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Taliban Capture Jalalabad, Race Closer To Complete Afghan Takeover
The Taliban raced closer to a complete military takeover of Afghanistan Sunday after capturing more major cities, leaving only the isolated capital Kabul for them to conquer.
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Taliban Capture Major City In Northern Afghanistan, Draw Closer To Kabul
Taliban forces captured a major city in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul, where Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the capital.
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Taliban Tame The "Lion Of Herat", Capture His Afghan City
A month ago, one of Afghanistan's most famous warlords vowed to defend his city from the Taliban as he called for locals to join the fight.
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Taliban Forcing Afghan Women To Marry Terrorists: Report
As the Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan by capturing many key cities in the country, the terror group is now forcing women to get married to its terrorists, a media report said on Thursday.
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Taliban Take Kandahar, Other Key Afghan Cities; Embassies Move Out Staff
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, fuelling fears the U.S.-backed government could fall to the insurgents as international forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war.
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Taliban Claim To Capture Kandahar, Afghanistan's Second-Largest City
The Taliban claimed Friday to have captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, which would leave just the capital and pockets of other territory in the government's hands.
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After Afghan City Ghazni, Taliban Poised To Capture Kandahar
Afghanistan's third largest city, Herat, was on the verge of falling to the Taliban on Thursday amid heavy fighting, as the terrorist group also established a bridgehead within 150 km (95 miles) of Kabul.
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Taliban Move Closer To Afghan Capital After Capturing Ghazni City
The Taliban have taken Ghazni city, a senior local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, the 10th Afghan provincial capital to fall in a week and just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul.
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Taliban Releases Over 1,000 Criminals, Drug Traffickers After Capturing Key Cities
As the Taliban captured key cities from the Afghan government, the terror group has released nearly 1000 criminals, drug traffickers among others from at least six cities it took control of in recent days.
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Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker
The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the ninth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than a week.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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Taliban Capture Two More Provincial Capitals In Northern Blitz
The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul.
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Afghan Fighting Rages As US, UK Accuse Taliban Of Massacring Civilians
Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban Monday as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of "massacring civilians" in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border.
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Heavy Fighting Breaks Out In Western Afghan City, Residents Say Situation “Very Bad”
Heavy fighting has broken out in the western Afghan city of Farah after the Taliban launched a major offensive overnight to capture the restive provincial capital, with residents reporting air strikes, explosions and gunfire.
 "Taliban Tame The \"Lion Of Herat\", Capture His Afghan City")
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Taliban Capture Jalalabad, Race Closer To Complete Afghan Takeover
The Taliban raced closer to a complete military takeover of Afghanistan Sunday after capturing more major cities, leaving only the isolated capital Kabul for them to conquer.
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Taliban Capture Major City In Northern Afghanistan, Draw Closer To Kabul
Taliban forces captured a major city in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul, where Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the capital.
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Taliban Tame The "Lion Of Herat", Capture His Afghan City
A month ago, one of Afghanistan's most famous warlords vowed to defend his city from the Taliban as he called for locals to join the fight.
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Taliban Forcing Afghan Women To Marry Terrorists: Report
As the Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan by capturing many key cities in the country, the terror group is now forcing women to get married to its terrorists, a media report said on Thursday.
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Taliban Take Kandahar, Other Key Afghan Cities; Embassies Move Out Staff
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, fuelling fears the U.S.-backed government could fall to the insurgents as international forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war.
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Taliban Claim To Capture Kandahar, Afghanistan's Second-Largest City
The Taliban claimed Friday to have captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, which would leave just the capital and pockets of other territory in the government's hands.
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After Afghan City Ghazni, Taliban Poised To Capture Kandahar
Afghanistan's third largest city, Herat, was on the verge of falling to the Taliban on Thursday amid heavy fighting, as the terrorist group also established a bridgehead within 150 km (95 miles) of Kabul.
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Taliban Move Closer To Afghan Capital After Capturing Ghazni City
The Taliban have taken Ghazni city, a senior local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, the 10th Afghan provincial capital to fall in a week and just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul.
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Taliban Releases Over 1,000 Criminals, Drug Traffickers After Capturing Key Cities
As the Taliban captured key cities from the Afghan government, the terror group has released nearly 1000 criminals, drug traffickers among others from at least six cities it took control of in recent days.
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Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker
The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the ninth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than a week.
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Taliban Capture Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital, Aibak: Deputy Governor
The Taliban on Monday seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital in less than a week, overrunning the northern city of Aibak, its deputy governor and an insurgent spokesman said.
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Taliban Captures 3 More Cities, Afghan Commandos Launch Counter-Attacks
The Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.
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Taliban Capture Two More Provincial Capitals In Northern Blitz
The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul.
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Afghan Fighting Rages As US, UK Accuse Taliban Of Massacring Civilians
Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban Monday as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of "massacring civilians" in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border.
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Heavy Fighting Breaks Out In Western Afghan City, Residents Say Situation “Very Bad”
Heavy fighting has broken out in the western Afghan city of Farah after the Taliban launched a major offensive overnight to capture the restive provincial capital, with residents reporting air strikes, explosions and gunfire.
