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BBC OS: 2021/07/09 16:06 GMT: Taliban claims '85% control' of Afghanistan

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Taliban claims "85% control" of Afghanistan

2021/07/09 16:06 GMT

2021/07/09 16:06 GMT: Taliban claims '85% control' of Afghanistan

Taliban claims '85% control' of Afghanistan

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Taliban claims '85% control' of Afghanistan

The Afghan government has dismissed the militants' claim as part of a propaganda campaign

The Afghan government has dismissed the Taliban's claim that they now control 85% of the country as part of a propaganda campaign. Two important border posts fell to the militants earlier on the frontiers with Iran and Turkmenistan. We'll speak to our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet in Kabul as Afghans assess their future once international troops have departed.

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Picture: Members of the Taliban political office attend a news conference in Moscow (Reuters / Tatyana Makeyeva)

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