Taliban enter second regional capital just days after seizing Zaranj

Taliban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Saturday, a provincial lawmaker said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province. The government did not deny lawmaker Mohammad Karim Jawzjani's claim that Taliban fighters had entered Sheberghan, but said the city had not fallen, according to the Associated Press. If the city falls, it will be the second provincial capital in as many days to succumb to the Taliban.

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