Collecting intelligence in Afghanistan is more challenging now that most U.S. troops have left and as Taliban is taking control of more parts of the country, top general says.
set by President Joe Biden this year. While U.S. forces toppled the Taliban 20 years ago after the group sheltered Osama bin Laden as he plotted the 9/11 attacks, experts warn that militants are still active in the country.. More than 100,000 Afghans are estimated to have been killed or wounded in the conflict in the decade that the U.N. tracked civilian casualties, a report published in 2020 found.
“Over the last couple of weeks, the trend has been on the Taliban side. They have seized a number of district centers,” McKenzie said. He added that they have not been able to maintain control of any provincial capitals but warned that could be a goal in the coming weeks. Al-Qaeda is now resident in at least 15 Afghan provinces and a significant part of the group's leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region, according to anfrom Fitton-Brown to the U.N. Security Council. The Islamic State, meanwhile, is trying to rebuild its ranks, according to experts.
In an agreement between the Taliban and the United States negotiated by the previous administration, the U.S. had committed to withdraw all its forces by May. Biden said that was too quick and said it would happen by Sept. 11.
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