The Taliban’s rapid advance is chilling but a united response can still avert catastrophe
A Taliban fighter, armed with a rocket-propelled grenade, enters Herat, Afghanistan’s third biggest city.A Taliban fighter, armed with a rocket-propelled grenade, enters Herat, Afghanistan’s third biggest city., remains in government hands, the scale and speed of the insurgents’ advance has left no doubt who now holds the upper hand. This swift implosion is likened to the final days of the Vietnam war, when the Viet Cong overran Saigon in April 1975.
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