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Taliban’s shadow governor for Badakhshan denies reports of his death Posted: 05 Oct 2015 08:42 AM PDT Qari Fasihuddin, the "Jihadi-in charge" of Badakhshan, is the second shadow governor to deny reports that he was killed in a US airstrike since the Taliban took control of Kunduz and several districts in the Afghan north.

Taliban controls or contests scores of districts in Afghanistan Posted: 05 Oct 2015 05:11 AM PDT Based on an analysis by The Long War Journal, 27 of Afghanistan's 398 districts are under Taliban control, and another 36 districts are contested. An interactive map details the locations.