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Taliban capture last stronghold

Monday 02 August 1999 23:02 BST
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Taliban capture last stronghold

THOUSANDS fled their homes in Afghanistan's northern Parwan province yesterday as the ruling Taliban militia captured the town of Charikar, the last stronghold north of Kabul held by the opposition alliance.

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