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Taliban Insurgents Assault Second Afghan City in Two Days

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The Taliban has launched an attack on a second
   Afghan city in two days, even as a ninth round of negotiations with the
   United States on ending the war wind down.

   Officials in Baghlan province said the insurgents were on the outskirts
   of the capital.

   Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said its fighters stormed Afghan
   security posts around Pul-e-Khumri and they are now inside the
   provincial capital.

   "The governor house is under siege and enemy has sustained heavy
   losses," Mujahid said.

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