Taliban takes over Jalalabad just 80 miles from Kabul and warns US to cease airstrikes
This leaves the capital Kabul as the only remaining major Afghan city still under government control. Taliban insurgents have captured the northern stronghold of Mazar-i-Sharif, the second-largest city Kandahar and third-largest city Herat all within the last 48 hours and are now closing in on Kabul.
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