Taliban captures Logar province in Afghanistan

The capture puts the insurgents less than 80km (50 miles) south of the nation’s capital Kabul.

An Afghan lawmaker says the Taliban have captured Logar province, just south of the capital, Kabul. Homa Ahmadi, a lawmaker from Logar, says that Taliban control the entire province, including its capital and reached a district in the neighbouring Kabul province on Saturday. That puts the insurgents less than 80km (50 miles) south of the nation’s capital. The Taliban have also captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan less than three weeks before the United States is set to withdraw its last troops.