Taliban take key border post with Pakistan in latest win on the ground

Supporters of the Taliban carry the Taliban’s signature white flags in the Afghan-Pakistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan (Tariq Achkzai/AP)

The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying they seized a strategic border crossing with Pakistan on Wednesday — the latest in a series of key border posts to come under their control in recent weeks.

The development was the latest in Taliban wins on the ground as American and Nato troops complete their pull out from the war-battered country.