Taliban Capture Strategically Important City, Tenth Overall in a Week

Taliban Capture Strategically Important City, Tenth Overall in a Week
Afghan militia gather with their weapons to support Afghanistan security forces against the Taliban, in Afghan warlord and former Mujahideen leader Ismail Khan's house in Herat, Afghanistan on July 9, 2021. Hoshang Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The Taliban terrorist group captured the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni, the capital of a province of the same name, fewer than 100 miles from Kabul.

A spokesperson for the Taliban wrote on Twitter that the city was taken over, including the police headquarters, a prison, and the governor’s office. The sacking of Ghazni represents the 10th city taken over by the group in about a week amid international fears that the group could take Kabul—and the entirety of Afghanistan—in only a few weeks.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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