Taliban fighters capture three key Afghanistan cities in sweeping territorial gains
The United States and its allies are sending troops to evacuate their nationals and scaling back their embassies in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Afghan security personnel sleep by their vehicles at the army base in Kandahar during fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in the province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday.Read moreSidiqullah Khan / AP
by Susannah George, Rachel Pannett, and Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
