Opinion
The US is simply delusional on Afghanistan
Washington insists that there is no military solution to the conflict. But nobody has told the surging Taliban.
Max BootThe situation in Afghanistan is going from bad to worse. The Taliban has captured nine provincial capitals, including seven in northern Afghanistan – making it more unlikely that its adversaries can regroup in that region, as they did in the 1990s.
The Long War Journal reports that the Taliban already controls 57 per cent of the country’s districts, compared with only 16 per cent for the government. (The rest are contested.) The Taliban is now besieging major cities, including Mazar-e Sharif, Herat and Kandahar, and US military officials are now reportedly warning that Kabul could fall in 30 to 90 days.
Washington Post
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