A city in southwestern Afghanistan has become the country's first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in recent years, local officials say, APA reports citing BBC.
Two sources told the BBC the insurgents had captured Zaranj, in Nimroz province, on Friday afternoon. It has not been officially confirmed.
It comes as the Taliban continue to make rapid advances in the country, as foreign troops withdraw.
They have taken swathes of countryside and are now targeting key cities.
Other provincial capitals under pressure include Herat in the west and Kandahar in the south.
A government source told the BBC that fighting was still happening around the National Directorate of Security office.
An unnamed spokesperson for Nimroz's police told Reuters news agency that the Taliban had been able to capture the city because of a lack of reinforcements from the government.
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