AFGHANISTAN is about to open another turbulent chapter in its war-scarred saga.

In the weeks after US and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces began pulling out its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban has made major advances in its campaign to regain control of the country. The militants have seized at least five provincial capitals after reoccupying smaller towns and villages in the countryside.

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