Afghanistan: Several disturbing reports of resurgent Taliban
Coming to terms with resurgent Taliban
By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The Taliban today operates in virtually every Afghan province. It has the capacity to mount sustained offensives. It has created a parallel government structure. Pamela Constable, correspondent of The Washington Post and old hand on the South Asia beat, wrote recently: “In many districts a short drive from the capital, some of them considered safe even six months ago, residents and officials said the Taliban now controls roads and villages, patrolling in trucks and recruiting new fighters.”
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