Major coup for Taliban as fighters take Afghan city of Kunduz

Insurgent group seizes important political and military hub as pro-government forces retreat

. The city was a stronghold of the notorious Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum. On Friday, the Taliban overran the south-western financial hub of Zaranj.

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