US Intelligence assessments paint an increasingly bleak picture of the Taliban's quickening advance in Afghanistan, warning the militant group could soon have a stranglehold on much of the country in the wake of the US withdrawal of troops, sources say.
Washington US Intelligence assessments paint an increasingly bleak picture of the Taliban's quickening advance across Afghanistan and the potential threat it poses to the capital of Kabul, warning the militant group could soon have a stranglehold on much of the country in the wake of the US withdrawal of troops, multiple sources briefed on the intelligence tell CNN.
The Taliban advance is"accelerating at an accelerating pace," said a congressional source with knowledge of the intelligence, echoing concerns raised by other officials who have acknowledged the security situation is deteriorating even more rapidly than previous assessments have indicated.
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