Afghan’s third largest city captured by Talibans

The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, further squeezing the country’s embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there.

The seizure of Herat marks the biggest prize yet for the Taliban, which has taken 11 of 34 provincial capitals as part of a weeklong blitz. Peace talks in Qatar remain stalled, though diplomats met through the day.

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