Taliban capture Pul-e-Alam, 70 kms from Kabul: Local provincial council member
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Taliban fighters stand guard inside the city of Ghazni. Credit: AP Photo
The Taliban captured the Afghan city of Pul-e-Alam on Saturday, around 70 kilometres (40 miles) from the capital Kabul, a local provincial council member said.
The Taliban fighters did not face much resistance, he told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The gain of the city, a key staging post for a potential assault on Kabul, comes a day after the insurgents took the country's second-and third-biggest cities.
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