Fighting intensified around the Afghan city of Ghazni on Monday, as Taliban militants threatened to seize a second provincial capital after briefly occupying Kunduz in the north last month.
The clashes around Ghazni, some 130 km (80 miles) southwest of Kabul, underlined the worsening security situation across Afghanistan, where national soldiers and police are struggling to cope now the bulk of foreign forces have withdrawn.
Monday's violence followed days of sporadic fighting near Ghazni, and prompted most shops, schools and universities there to close.
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Taliban Has Most Territory in Afghanistan Since 2001 -- Antiwar.com
Taliban Expands, Spreads Through More Of Afghanistan Than At Any Point Since 2001: Report -- IBTimes
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2 Brits, 2 US, 1 French service personnel killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash -- RT
Two RAF airmen are among five killed as helicopter crashes in Afghan capital Kabul 'after getting tangled with an airbase balloon' -- Daily Mail
Afghanistan Chopper Crash Kills 5, Including 2 Americans -- Time
What the RAF is still doing in Afghanistan as a helicopter crashes in Kabul -- BBC
UK military convoy targeted in Afghanistan blast -- The Guardian
Afghan UN Staff Member Killed in Southern Afghanistan -- AP
Gunmen Shoot UN Doctor in Afghanistan -- VOA
Pentagon to pay victims of U.S. airstrike on Afghan hospital -- CNN
“Nobody’s Been Held Accountable” for Wasteful Spending in Afghanistan, says U.S. Watchdog -- Frontline
The fall of Kunduz: Why the capture of Afghanistan's fifth-largest city should be wake-up call for India -- Anchal Vohra, First Post
Taliban advance in Afghanistan sparks Central Asia fears -- Financial Times
The rise of Taliban in Afghanistan -- Ahmad Moneer Gafori, Gulf News
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