World News | Central Afghan Province Surrenders to Taliban Without Fight

Kabul, Aug 14 (AP) An Afghan lawmaker says the central province of Daykundi has surrendered to the Taliban without a fight.

Provincial lawmaker Sayed Mohammad Daud Nasiri says that only two gunshots were heard in the provincial capital of Nili before all the provincial installations were surrendered to the insurgents.

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The development late on Saturday is the latest in an apparently unstoppable blitz by the Taliban who are now approaching the country's capital, Kabul. (AP)

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