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Taliban see battlefield dominance as path to political, diplomatic power
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16/07/2021 - 04:00 Afghan flags fluttering on masts in Kabul, where the government is struggling to counter the Taliban s latest sweeping military offensive SAJJAD HUSSAIN AFP 4 min
Kabul (AFP)
With US forces largely gone from the battlefield, the Taliban have conducted a staggering, land-grabbing offensive that appears aimed at forcing the Afghan government to sue for peace on the insurgents terms or suffer complete military defeat.
The scale and speed of the Taliban s campaign, and the inability of government forces to stem its progress, has swept aside any hopes that on-again-off again peace talks would produce a power-sharing framework ahead of the US military s final withdrawal at the end of August.