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Some social media users say the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has arrested former vice president of Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum, in Turkey, but his office rejected the claims as false rumors.
Qader Malia, the deputy governor of Jawzjan province, says Sheberghan has fallen, with government forces retreating to the airport on its outskirts, while the Taliban have also seized Kunduz, another northern city.
Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals, including the strategic city of Kunduz and Sar-e Pol in the north of the country on August 8, local officials and a spokesman for the militants said as the group stepped up its northern offensive and threatened more urban centers.
The Taliban Saturday seized the stronghold of a notorious Afghan warlord, officials said. This is the second provincial capital to fall to the Taliban within 24 hours, officials said, reports the international media.
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.