Afghanistan: Kabul negotiators offer Taliban power-sharing in return for violence halt

Name: Afghanistan: Kabul negotiators offer Taliban power-sharing in return for violence halt
Uploaded: 2021-08-12T11:23:43+00:00
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Insurgents have taken control of 10 of the country's 34 provincial capitals. On Thursday the Taliban said they had taken the strategically important Ghazni city, which is on the road to the national capital Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani earlier flew to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif - traditionally an anti-Taliban bastion - to try to rally pro-government forces.

Issued on: 12/08/2021 - 13:23

Video by: Yuka ROYER

Insurgents have taken control of 10 of the country's 34 provincial capitals. On Thursday the Taliban said they had taken the strategically important Ghazni city, which is on the road to the national capital Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani earlier flew to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif - traditionally an anti-Taliban bastion - to try to rally pro-government forces.