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Kabul might have fallen in a day but the process of the Taliban gaining control over Afghanistan took significantly longer than a day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%...
This map shows dates on which various cities fell under the control of the Taliban and there are dates going back into June and July ...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/2021_Tal...
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Kabul might have fallen in a day but the process of the Taliban gaining control over Afghanistan took significantly longer than a day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%...
This map shows dates on which various cities fell under the control of the Taliban and there are dates going back into June and July ...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/2021_Tal...