FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends Central-South Asia trade Summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban fighters pushed deeper into the southern Afghan provincial capital of Lashkargah on Monday and closed in on government buildings, a senior official said, as the insurgents pressed a rapid advance.
Heavy fighting was raging close to the National Directorate of Security, the prison and the police headquarters in the main city in Helmand province, the government official said, asking not to be named.
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