The Afghan government forces are unable to prevent the Taliban from moving into city after city. Soon the final battle for the capital Kabul will take place. Norway has closed the embassy.
–A Taliban fighter watches over Afghan government troops who have surrendered in Ghanzi. On Thursday, the Taliban took control of the city southwest of Kabul.
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“I’m in Kandahar, in the Taliban’s emirate,” 41-year-old “Abdul” said over the phone, laughing nervously.
He was born and raised in the big city. Now it is the extreme Islamists who rule there. For security reasons, he therefore asks to remain anonymous.
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