The Taliban completed their sweep of Afghanistan’s south on Friday, taking four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that brought them closer to Kabul just weeks before the U.S. is set to officially end its two-decade war. In the last 24 hours, the country’s second-and third-largest cities — Herat in the west and Kandahar…
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Taliban seize fifth provincial capital in Afghanistan after string of victories
The Taliban have seized the city of Taloquan in northeastern Afghanistan, marking the fifth provincial capital to fall under their control in just a matter of days, a local journalist confirmed to CNN on Monday. Taloquan, the capital of Takhar Province, is the latest in a string of victories that come as foreign forces, led…

More than 100 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack
More than 100 members of Afghan security forces were killed when armed Taliban fighters attacked a military base and police training center outside Kabul on Monday, a senior defense ministry official has said. “We have information that 126 people have been killed in the explosion inside the military training center,” the official, speaking on condition of anonymity,…

WAR VET SLAUGHTERS 12 AT ‘BORDERLINE’ BAR
Tattooed ex-Marine who killed 12 people in country music bar massacre had PTSD: Gunman, 28, ‘terrified’ his mother and neighbors after returning from Afghanistan tour before he opened fire on student night Ian Long, 28, opened fire at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks at 11.20pm on Wednesday night He was dressed in all-black…