Pentagon ‘deeply concerned’ by sweeping Taliban gains in Afghanistan
• US military says Kabul not under immediate threat
• Taliban insurgents seize four more regional capitals
The Pentagon is “deeply concerned” about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, as the Taliban completed their sweep of Afghanistan’s south on Friday, taking four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that brought them closer to the capital, Kabul, just weeks before the US is set to officially end its two-decade war.
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