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Taliban will be back in charge of Afghanistan. What next for the country?

In just a few weeks, the militant group has swept from province to province until it entered the capital, Kabul, earlier today.

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Rosalind Mathieson | Bloomberg
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is happening with dizzying speed.

In just a few weeks, the militant group has swept from province to province until it entered the capital, Kabul, earlier today.

Rather than push on militarily, it seems for now the Taliban are letting the government fall on its own.

All signs are that President Ashraf Ghani will agree to a power sharing arrangement. Which in effect means the Taliban will be back in charge — coming full circle 20 years after the Americans booted them out — and Ghani will either step down or move to a figurehead role, someone to

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