<p class="bodytext">Pakistan's foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that the Taliban were in control of a key town on the Afghan side of its border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They have taken control of Spin Boldak border crossing," said ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, a day after the Taliban seized the town as part of a sweeping offensive across the country.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Pakistan's foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that the Taliban were in control of a key town on the Afghan side of its border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They have taken control of Spin Boldak border crossing," said ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, a day after the Taliban seized the town as part of a sweeping offensive across the country.</p>