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Newshour: 13/08/2021 13:06 GMT: Kandahar falls to Taliban

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13/08/2021 13:06 GMT

13/08/2021 13:06 GMT: Kandahar falls to Taliban

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Taliban fighters have captured Afghanistan's second city from government forces

Taliban fighters have captured Afghanistan's second city from government forces.

Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar has fallen under Taliban control. A third of provincial capitals and vast swathes of the rural areas are currently in the hands of the militants.

Also in the programme: The head of South Korean tech giant, Samsung, has been released from prison; and It's 60 years since the Berlin Wall was constructed.

(Picture: Taliban militants gather around the main square after taking control of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)

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