epa09414570 An Afghan burqa-clad women from northern provinces stands near her shelter after she fled from her home due to the fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces, in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, 14 August (issued 15 August). The Taliban captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the country&#039;s fourth-largest city and the government&#039;s last major stronghold in the north on 14 August, as they tightened their grip on the country and closed in on Kabul. Most of the remote districts of the provinces have already fallen to the Taliban in the past three months.  EPA/HEDAYATULLAH AMID