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By SUSANNAH GEORGE | The Washington Post | Published: March 7, 2021 KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan Reduced U.S. military support in battles against the Taliban is frustrating efforts by Afghanistan s elite forces to roll back the militants advances here, with decreased airstrikes and a shortage of advanced technology slowing their ground operations. Taliban militants have mounted a violent, months-long campaign to expand influence across the country as the United States has withdrawn troops, closed bases and halted offensive operations against the militants in keeping with a peace deal it signed a year ago. The militants have taken control of key highways and conducted operations aimed at choking off Afghan towns and cities. The surge has forced the Afghan government to deploy its most highly trained units to the front lines, a move demonstrating that rank-and-file security forces have struggled to protect key parts of the country from the Taliban s continued violence.
United-statesAfghanistanKunduzKondozArghandabKandaharShorabakBadghisHelmandGrishkKabulKabolWith less U.S. support, Afghanistan elite forces struggle to roll back Taliban advances
Susannah George, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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1of5Afghan special forces guard an outpost in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on Feb. 22. Before the U.S.-Taliban deal last year, about half a dozen U.S. partners would be at bases like this one, Afghan officials say.Washington Post photo by Susannah GeorgeShow MoreShow Less
2of5Gen. Haibatullah Alizai, the commander of Afghanistan s Special Operations Corps, prays at the Arghandab outpost. In the valley below, his men were pushing back the Taliban, but with less U.S. air support, progress was slow.Washington Post photo by Susannah GeorgeShow MoreShow Less
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