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Taliban capture Afghanistan's Kandahar, Herat; embassies getting staff out

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and third biggest cities while Western embassies prepared to send in troops to help evacuate staff from the capital, Kabul.

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Taliban capture Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar

The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, in the most significant setback for the U.S.-backed government since the insurgents launched a new offensive as U.S. forces withdraw.