The Taliban has captured Afghanistan\u2019s second-biggest dam after months of fierce fighting in their former bastion of Kandahar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dahla Dam, which provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water for the provincial capital, is now under Taliban control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dam\u2019s capture comes after clashes erupted in neighbouring Helmand province this week, just days after the U.S. military formally began withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dahla Dam, also known as Arghandab Dam, is located in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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