Taliban fighters enter provincial capital in Afghanistan

The Taliban has seized provincial capitals and a key border crossing (Tariq Achakzai/AP)

Taliban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province, a provincial politician said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province.

The government did not deny politician Mohammad Karim Jawzjani’s claim that Taliban fighters had entered Sheberghan, but said the city had not fallen.