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Taliban 'active' in 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds
A BBC study has found Taliban fighters are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a BBC study has found.
Also in the programme: A prominent human rights activist is set to be released on bail in Turkey; and 'grid girls' will no longer be used by Formula 1.
Picture: Afghan Taliban fighters in November 2015. Credit: Getty Images
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