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Detailed explanation-1: -Associated Press (AP) Afghan officials say the Taliban have taken another provincial capital, the southern city of Kandahar in the province with the same name.

Detailed explanation-2: -Exactly one year later, they captured the Afghan capital, Kabul, overthrowing the regime of President Burhanuddin Rabbani - one of the founding fathers of the Afghan mujahideen that resisted the Soviet occupation. By 1998, the Taliban were in control of almost 90% of Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kandahār (Pashto: ; Kandahār, Dari: ; Qandahār) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzgan in the north and Zabul Province in the east.

Detailed explanation-4: -The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as part of a weeklong blitz.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban after a major insurgent offensive that began in May 2021.