The militants seized Sheberghan in Jawzjan province on Saturday, according to the deputy governor Qader Malia.

The Taliban take control of the first provincial capital since intensified attacks on the Afghan government.

“At the moment the fighting is ongoing in the south and southeast,” Governor Qani said.

An inspector general appointed by the US Congress to examine the war in Afghanistan enumerates Washington’s failures in 20 years of war in the Asian country and says the US will repeat those mistakes.

A top-level Taliban delegation visiting China assures Beijing that Afghanistan will never be used as a base against the security of any other nation, according to the militant group.

The curfew is not imposed in the capital Kabul, Panjshir and Nangarhar.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns of a risk of the violence in Afghanistan spilling over to neighboring countries, as the Taliban militant group increases its activities in the war-ravaged country.

The Taliban raise their traditional flag above a key border post between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for Afghanistan warns the Taliban that any attempt to undermine security in the region would lead to grave consequences for the Afghan militant group.

The Taliban militant group’s head of intelligence is reportedly gunned down by special police forces in western Afghanistan.