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Taliban Takes Over More Major Afghan Cities, Controls Majority Of Nation, Seizes U.S. Military Weapons

Ryan Saavedra
Taliban Takes Over More Major Afghan Cities, Controls Majority Of Nation, Seizes U.S. Military Weapons
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The situation is Afghanistan continues to rapidly deteriorate as numerous reports now say that the Taliban has taken over two of the nation’s largest cities and has reportedly seized American weapons and military equipment.

“The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as part of a weeklong blitz,” The Associated Press reported, adding that the Taliban has also captured Ghazni, which cuts of a critical highway linking the nation’s capital, Kabul, with the nation’s southern provinces.

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