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Afghan government fights with Taliban for retaking key installations
09:24

The Taliban have taken three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan as they continue a bid for control of the country. It means the group has captured five provincial capitals in three days. The government says it's fighting to retake key installations as the Taliban warn against a U.S. intervention. Professor Wang Jin, a specialist in Middle Eastern studies at China's Northwest University, gives his assessment of the Taliban's military strategy and how the rise of Taliban power will affect Central Asia and regional security.

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