In Afghanistan, the official deadline for the US to fully withdraw its troops is at the end of August. But the Taliban is already actively on the offensive. The militants have captured more and more territory, at an alarming speed. And that’s prompted the Afghan government to impose a monthlong curfew across most of the country. The World’s Shirin Jaafari is in the capital, Kabul, and she speaks with host Marco Werman.
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