Taliban's rank-and-file pose for selfies and are all smiles as they capture Afghan cities
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All smiles
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Buoyed spirits
Buoyed by a foreign troop withdrawal that is due to end later this month, the hardline Islamist group's rank-and-file have flooded the streets of Kunduz and other provincial capitals.
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Marching ahead
Nine cities have fallen to the insurgents in the last week -- some without a fight -- in a lightning offensive that has seen mostly northern population centres fall like dominoes.
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Asset capture
Victorious fighters in militant garb now police the city on the backs of motorcycles or humvees taken from the overrun Afghan forces, while others pose for photographs with captured weapons.
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Taliban selfies
They also received a warm welcome 100 kilometres south in Pul-e-Khumri, where young men swarmed their gun-toting Taliban occupiers for selfies just hours after security forces were overpowered and the city fell to the insurgents.