Taliban Claims to Control Key Town
From Times Wire Reports
The Taliban religious army, which controls about two-thirds of the country, claimed to have captured Kholm--a key northern town 25 miles east of Mazar-i-Sharif, the main opposition stronghold--and to have cut a supply route to opposition forces besieging the capital, Kabul. Forces loyal to the former government defense chief, Ahmed Shah Masoud, and two allied opposition groups denied the town had fallen, but there were other reports of fighting there.
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