Kabul: The Taliban Saturday captured Sheberghan city in Jawzjan, the deputy governor said, the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than 24 hours.
"The (government) forces and officials have retreated to the airport," Jawzjan deputy governor Qader Malia told AFP.
The Taliban besieged a host of cities for weeks, and the fall of Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimroz province on the Afghanistan-Iran border, was the Taliban's first breakthrough.
