KABUL – The Taliban militants have taken control of the city of Sheberghan in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan on Saturday.
According to the country’s defense ministry spokesman, the government forces were still in the city and would clear out the Taliban “soon”.
This is the second regional capital to fall to the militants, after Zaranj in the southwestern province of Nimroz fell on Friday.
There are also reports of heavy fighting in Kunduz in the north and Lashkar Gah in the south.
Violence has escalated across Afghanistan after the United States and other international forces began to withdraw their troops from the country, following 20 years of military operations.
Taliban militants have made rapid advances in recent weeks, capturing large swathes of the countryside, and are now targeting key towns and cities.(BBC)
