Taliban captures two major Afghan cities, the country's second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital
is home to veteran warlord Ismail Khan, who for weeks has been rallying his forces to make a stand against the Taliban.
As security forces retreated across the country, government sources told AFP on Thursday that Kabul has made an offer to the Taliban to share power in return for an end to fighting. Later Thursday, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said the governor and his deputies had been arrested over that alleged deal. The officials could not be immediately reached for comment.Taliban's weeklong blitz and government response
President Ashraf Ghani is trying to rally a counteroffensive relying on his country's special forces, the militias of warlords and American airpower ahead of the US and NATO withdrawal at the end of the month.
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