The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters Wednesday, completing a blitz across the country's northeast and giving them control of two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war.
The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters completing their blitz across the country’s northeast and pressing their offensive elsewhere, officials said Wednesday. The insurgents now control some two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after a decades-long war there.
The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters Wednesday, completing a blitz across the country s northeast and giving them control of two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war.