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The blitz through the southern heartland means the Islamic militant group now holds half of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals and controls more than two-thirds of the country.
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 —…