Taliban captures Logar provincial capital just 31 miles south of Kabul

Kabul: The Taliban captured Puli Alam, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province, which is located just 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Kabul, provincial lawmaker Saeed Qaribullah Sadat confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Friday.

“Now the Taliban are 100 per cent in control. There is no fighting at the moment. Most of the officials fled to Kabul,” Sadat said.