Taliban seizes another Afghan provincial capital, Kandahar

It's the 12th provincial capital out of Afghanistan's 34 that the insurgents have taken in their weeklong blitz that swept over much of the country.

Afghan officials say the have taken another provincial capital, thein the province with the same name. Also read: It's the twelfth provincial capital out of Afghanistan's 34 that the insurgents have taken in their weeklong blitz that swept over much of the country. Kandahar is also the second-largest city in the entire country.