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The Taliban have captured a provincial
city in Afghanistan for the first
since 2001. Zaranj, capital of the southern Nimroz
, is now in Taliban
. The police in Zaranj could not fight because there were too few Afghan
to help. The Taliban said it was an
day for the group. This victory will increase the
of Taliban fighters in other provinces. It said: "This is just the
. Other provinces will fall into our
very soon." There is currently heavy fighting in other
. They may also fall before the Taliban fight for the nation's capital Kabul.
