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Taliban captures two new capitals in Afghanistan, 17 in a week

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Helmand (Afghanistan), Aug 13 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera:Stringer) Taliban fighters have captured Kandahar and Helmand, the two largest provinces in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, making significant military victories in their blitzkrieg towards power in Kabul.The rapidly advancing Islamist militia also gained control of Ghor in the west, Uruzgan in the south, and Logar in the southeast on Friday.

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