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Taliban control of Afghanistan on the rise, US data reveals

Nick Paton Walsh
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
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Updated 12:53 PM EST, Tue January 30, 2018
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Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. An Afghan official and an eyewitness say blasts have been heard and a gunbattle is occurring near the military academy in the capital Kabul.  (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)
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Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. An Afghan official and an eyewitness say blasts have been heard and a gunbattle is occurring near the military academy in the capital Kabul.  (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)
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