Seven days that shook Afghanistan: how city after city fell to the Taliban

Rout of government forces beginning in city of Zaranj has left country in chaos and western leaders looking on in dismay

The end for Afghan forces in the south-western provincial capital of Zaranj, a trading hub close to the Iranian border, was announced by a Taliban commander. Except that he framed it as a start, and an ominous one.

“This is the beginning,” he declared in a statement. “See how other provinces fall in our hands very soon.”

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