The Taliban have made big moves in the last few days in their bid to take control of Afghanistan. \n\nThis weekend, they seized several cities and suddenly claimed a lot of the north. On Monday, they took another provincial capital. \n\nWhat is the Taliban\u2019s strategy, what will the United States do, and where does this leave the Afghan government?\n\nGuest: Carlotta Gall, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times. She previously reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 to 2011.