Ghazni, located just 80 miles south of Kabul, fell to the Taliban on Thursday - meaning jihadists now control highways leading north and south of the capital as they tighten the noose on the government.
The Taliban took over Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city, on Thursday and seized another district capital just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul. According to information obtained by FRANCE 2…
President Ashraf Ghani is trying to rally a counteroffensive relying on his country's special forces, the militias of warlords and American airpower ahead of the US and NATO withdrawal at the end of the month.