Rasikh Maroof News Today

A resurgent Taliban captured Sheberghan city, the stronghold of a notorious Afghan warlord on Saturday, officials said, the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than 24 hours.

The deputy governor of Jawzjan province told AFP he was with government forces who had abandoned Sheberghan city and retreated to the airport on its outskirts, where they were preparing to defend themselves.

Fighting is still raging in Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar.

Deputy governor says Taliban captured Sheberghan, less than a day after taking over the city of Zaranj.

Second Afghan city falls as Taliban tighten noose over countryside