The Taliban captured four provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Friday, including the key city of Lashkar Gah in the province of Helmand. The insurgents have taken half of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in recent days, including its second-and third-largest cities, Herat and Kandahar.

Taliban capture provincial capitals in Afghanistan including key city of Lashkar Gah

Taliban seized 15 provincial capitals in 8 days. Cities like Lashkar gah, Kandahar have fallen to the Taliban. Taliban has also placed its flags on govt buildings in Herat.

Wion Live Broadcast, Special Coverage From London, Taliban sweeps Afghan provincial capitals

Almost 200,000 people have been asked to evacuate as the army prepares its offensive against insurgents fighting to take control of a string of besieged cities across Afghanistan.

Residents asked to flee as fighting rages on in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah

Afghan peace protesters marching through Taliban territory have been detained by the insurgents, two supporters of the movement told AFP on Tuesday. The so-called People's Peace Movement attracted international attention last year when they walked across Afghanistan and into the capital Kabul in an attempt to reduce the record levels of violence across the country.

Taliban detain Afghan peace marchers, supporters say

Two explosions went off at a celebration in a stadium in the Afghan city of Lashkar Gah on Saturday, killing four people and wounding 31, government officials said.

Four killed, 31 injured in explosion at Afghan celebration, governor wounded

An Afghan official says attacks by the Taliban in the country's north have killed eight people four soldiers and four civilians. Military spokesman Hanif Rezaie says the troops died in Kunduz province when the Taliban attacked a military outpost in the district of Archi on Friday morning.

Taliban attacks kill eight in country's north: Afghan official

No group has claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of brazen attacks during the holy fasting month of Ramadan

Afghanistan car bomb attack: Death toll rises to 29, 60 injured

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