Extent of Taliban ‘Control’ in Afghanistan Fluctuates By Hollie McKay | July 27, 2021 | 6:24pm EDT
Mullah Misbah, Taliban commander in Ghazni province. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – As the U.S. military leaves Afghanistan and what has been dubbed the “forever war,” there is little doubt the Taliban has retaken territory – but precisely how much is a mosaic that alters by the day.
“What the Taliban has done is take control of contested districts; that is how they have flipped the switch,” said Bill Roggio, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) senior fellow and editor of its Long War Journal. “In many cases, the Taliban was pre-positioned to take these districts.”
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