Taliban fighters stand guard inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August 13, 2021. The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before the U.S. is set to officially end its two-decade war. (Photo by Gulabuddin Amiri/AP Photo)
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