The number of provincial capitals in which Afghan government forces lost control increased to 10 after the Taliban captured the center of the Ghazni province, 150 kilometers from the capital Kabul. The city of Ghazni was besieged and captured by the Taliban in the morning, and they seized the control of all government departments.
Provincial officials left the city to go to Kabul, Afghan provincial council member Hasan Reza Yusufi said.
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