“It’s a very significant victory for the Taliban."
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reporting from Kabul said some of the gains made by the Taliban are small cities, but they also include Kunduz, a big city that is strategically important.
"The joint withdrawal ... remains the right decision.”
Germany’s defence minister has rejected calls for its soldiers to return to Afghanistan after Taliban insurgents took Kunduz city where German troops were deployed for a decade.
Since the US and NATO forces announced their withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of presence, the Taliban has moved swiftly, capturing a large part of the country’s territory.
BREAKING: Taliban seizes seventh provincial Afghan capital in five days aje.io/vaqmqx
Taliban overruns Farah city in southwest Afghanistan, the seventh provincial capital to fall to the group in under a week aje.io/vaqmqx
UPDATE: The Taliban has captured another city in Afghanistan, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to eight aje.io/vaqmqx