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Afghans intrigued at 'being sold out' as cities handed over to Taliban
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Kabul, Aug 15 (TIWN) Residents in Herat and Kandahar say they cannot believe how quickly both cities fell after the Taliban's weeks-long effort to take two of Afghanistan's largest cities, Al Jazeera has reported.
"They literally sold us out, there was no government resistance," one female resident of Kandahar told Al Jazeera, fighting back tears late on Thursday evening. "I never imagined that Kandahar would be taken so easily," she said echoing a sentiment made by Afghans across the country when the Taliban was blazing through the districts since it stepped up an offensive in May after the United States began the final withdrawal of its forces from the country.
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