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‘The Taliban are now in total control of the country’, says Afghan journalist
I’ve also been speaking to the Afghan journalist, Bilal Sarwari who is in Kabul.
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Taliban on brink of seizing Afghanistan as president flees
Tonight all the latest from the capital where Taliban statements about remaining at the edge of the city have evidently been ignored by their own men.
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Kabul falling to the Taliban “looks increasingly likely”, says Labour MP Dan Jarvis
I’ve also been speaking to the Labour MP and mayor of South Yorkshire, Dan Jarvis.
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The Taliban saw US and UK withdrawal from Afghanistan as a “victory”, says former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is a peace negotiator and former Afghan member of parliament. She’s survived a number of assassination attempts during her career fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan.
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Taliban takeover in Afghanistan continues as US and UK deploy troops to evacuate embassy staff
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani defied expectations and remained in post today, telling Afghans he is holding urgent talks with local and international leaders to find a way to halt the Taliban offensive across Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: ‘The Taliban hold all the cards at the moment’
Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum reports on the latest from Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Taliban edging closer to capital after capturing more territory
Four more Afghan provincial capitals have fallen into Taliban hands today.
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Taliban inflicting ‘psychological torture’ on Afghan people, Kabul journalist says
We were joined by Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist who is currently in the capital Kabul.
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Taliban taking control of 3rd largest Afghanistan city – closing in on Kabul
The onward march of the Taliban continues, as a series of key cities have fallen to their control in a week of heavy fighting, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, fearing a return to the insurgents’ brutal and repressive regime. As of this morning, Taliban-controlled areas included eight provincial capitals it had taken…
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Afghanistan war: British veterans express ‘sadness and anger’ at Taliban advances
UK combat troops largely left Afghanistan in October 2014, but hundreds remained to train and assist Afghan forces. Now, watching the Taliban advance and violence escalate from afar, veterans are pondering their legacy.
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Afghanistan: Taliban make more gains as president appeals to warlords for help
Nine of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals have now fallen into Taliban hands, with militants taking control over three more in the past 24 hours.
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Is the Taliban about to take over Afghanistan?
Just weeks after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban have taken more than half of Afghanistan’s around 400 districts.
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US envoy vows to isolate Taliban if they seize power in Afghanistan
A United States negotiator has warned the Taliban that if they seize power in Afghanistan by force, they’ll be treated as international pariahs.
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Former Afghan minister ‘extremely worried’ by Taliban advance
We are joined by the former diplomat Annie Pforzheimer, who was the US Deputy Chief of Mission in Afghanistan between 2017 and 2018, and by Jawed Ludin, who served as chief of staff to the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, and as the country’s deputy foreign minister.
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Afghanistan: Taliban extend takeover of regional capitals
Thousands of people have fled their homes in the Afghan city of Kunduz, amid intense fighting for control between Taliban fighters and government forces.