The Afghan government maintains control of just Kabul and Jalalabad after the Taliban easily took over Mazar-e-Sharif on Saturday.
Another devastating loss to the government inGovt forces now only control two major cities — Kabul and Jalalabad in the east. That is likely next target.Ebrahimzada said that former warlords Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor, who reportedly lead thousands of fighters, have escaped the province, with no information about their current locations, according to the AP.
The Taliban have now captured around 23 out of the 34 Afghan provinces, according to the AP. But the capital Kabul and some provinces in the center and the east are still out of its control.
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