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Taliban capture of Jalalabad effectively leaves Kabul as the last major urban area under government control.

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'The armed group posted photos online on Sunday showing them in the governor’s office in Jalalabad.

“We woke up this morning to the Taliban white flags all over the city,” said resident Ahmad Wali, confirming the Taliban’s social media claim. “They entered without fighting,” he told the AFP news agency.

Abrarullah Murad, a legislator from the province told The Associated Press that the armed group seized Jalalabad after elders negotiated the fall of the government there.'

- Taliban capture Afghanistan’s Jalalabad, cut off Kabul from east, August 15, 2021



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