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13.08.2021 / 17:07
Boris Johnson to chair emergency Cobra meeting today to discuss crisis in Afghanistan
Britain and the US have agreed to send more troops in as the Taliban's lightning advance through the country continues - gains that come only weeks before allied forces are due to withdraw. Taliban insurgents are now estimated to hold more than two-thirds of Afghanistan and continue to press their offensive, having taken the country's second and third largest cities, Kandahar and Herat, as part of a week-long blitz.