(ANSA) - KABUL, AUG 13 - The Taliban announced that they had also conquered Kandahar, the second city in Afghanistan: "Kandahar is totally taken. The mujahideen have reached the Martyrs' Square of the city", tweeted a spokesman for the Taliban on an account officer of the Islamic militants.
A witness told AFP that government forces have withdrawn to positions outside the city.
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