A fact from Capture of Zaranj appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Zaranj was the first provincial capital of Afghanistan to be captured by the Taliban since the Battle of Kunduz in 2016? Source: "The last time the Taliban captured a provincial capital was in 2016, when they briefly held the northern city of Kunduz." BBC
Comment: WP:ITN was considered but article was created four days after event and doesn't have much significance outside of the 2021 Taliban Offensive which is already featured there. QPQ not needed.
Overall: The article is new enough, long enough and reliably sourced. Great job on writing up such a good article on current events so quickly! There are just a couple issues with the article. The third paragraph in "Background" section was uncited (I fixed this). However, the second paragraph in "Significance" section is uncited and seems like it might be original research. Even if a statement is logical or seems like common sense, it can't be in the article unless another source said it. Otherwise the page looks good. Earwig did not pick up any copyvio and the hook is cited and interested. qpq is not needed because this is a first time nomination. BuySomeApples (talk) 00:42, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
@BuySomeApples:, thank you for reviewing. I removed the paragraph because I felt like it was awkward in the article, repeating much of the paragraph before it. It had a reputable secondary source, I forgot to add the citation when I wrote it. Danre98(talk^contribs)01:07, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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The article is new enough, long enough and reliably sourced. Great job on writing up such a good article on current events so quickly! 
@Danre98: thank you for doing that! This nom looks ready now. BuySomeApples (talk) 01:13, 13 August 2021 (UTC)