The Taliban are expected to reach Afghanistan's capital Kabul in a week, ITV News has learned.
The militants were estimated to be just seven days away from seizing the capital despite reports earlier this week that US assessments had estimated it would take 90 days for the Taliban to enter Kabul, two senior Western diplomat sources told ITV News Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo.
The resurgent Taliban are currently fighting government forces in Logar province, some 30 miles - about an hour's drive - from the capital.
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