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Taliban fighters have been advancing across the country for weeks, an offensive that has accelerated as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan after a 20-year-long intervention.
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An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the check post at Mahipar, on Jalalabad-Kabul highway Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
An Afghan National Army officer keeps watch as he sits on a army vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Afghan Commandos arrive to reinforce the security forces in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, after Taliban recently captured neighborhood districts of Badakhshan, July 4, 2021. Afghanistan Ministry of Defence//Handout via REUTERS
An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the check post at Mahipar, on Jalalabad-Kabul highway Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning his semi-final match against Spain's Rafael Nadal. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, MRAP, is seen in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
An empty bed is seen inside a clinic in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Stretchers are seen outside the clinic in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Parked vehicles are seen in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
A runway is seen at Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand at a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, as a man passes with his sheep, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier shaves near a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Afghan commando forces gather together in Kunduz, Afghanistan July 7, 2021. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol the area near a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021.REUTERS/Parwiz
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers rebuild a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard near a checkpoint which was recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz
A tank with a damaged tire is seen in Kunduz, Afghanistan July 7, 2021. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
An Afghan security forces member keeps watch in an army vehicle in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Afghan men inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol the area near a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz
An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch from a check post at Mahipar, on Jalalabad-Kabul highway Afghanistan July 8, 2021.
Afghan National Army officers keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Tanks arrive at a battlefield in Kunduz, Afghanistan July 7, 2021. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol the area near a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Parwiz