Taliban push toward Afghan capital with stunning speed

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RYO NAKAMURA, WAJAHAT KHAN and KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/NEW DELHI -- The Taliban have captured more cities in Afghanistan, including Kandahar -- the country's second-largest city and the Islamist militant group's birthplace -- forcing the Biden administration to confront the grim possibility that the capital Kabul could fall in the coming weeks.

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