The Taliban have made big moves in the last few days in their bid to take control of Afghanistan.
This weekend, they seized several cities and suddenly claimed a lot of the north. On Monday, they took another provincial capital.
What is the Taliban’s strategy, what will the United States do, and where does this leave the Afghan government?
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