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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 country's 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.