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Taliban routs of provincial capitals in northern Afghanistan, some of which were once among the strongest opponents of the militant group’s rule, have U.S. officials and experts increasingly worried about the Kabul government’s hold on power.

Fighting in Afghanistans long-running conflict has escalated dramatically since May.

The UN says at least 241,000 people have been displaced since May.

Comments distancing the US from the conflict come as militants capture more cities and violence escalates

The Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday following a weekend blitz across the north that saw urban centres fall in quick succession and the government struggle to keep the militants at bay, France24 writes. Insurgents entered Aibak w...

As the Taliban sweep back to power in Afghanistan, 41 Australian soldiers appear to have died in vain as the nation slips back into the control of its radical Islamic jihadist warlords.

Farah, the capital of western Farah province, has become the latest Afghan city to fall to the Taliban, which also attacked Mazar-i-Sharif today, the largest city in the countrys north.

The Taliban continue to make rapid territorial gains in Afghanistan, with the group managing to capture at least parts of six provincial capitals since 6 August in a series of co-ordinated attacks that appear to have overwhelmed the US-backe...

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday as civilians hid in their homes, and a European Union official said the militants now control 65% of the country after a string of gains as foreign forces pull out.

With the withdrawal of its own troops nearly complete, the US has sent a message to the Taliban that seizing power in Afghanistan will make them global pariahs.