The Taliban's days are almost over

[Zaadgaan Kabul]

The Taliban's stride in Kunduz City on September 29, which coincided with the anniversary of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani's inauguration, is considered an important setback for the National Unity Government. It has defied the official narrative that the insurgents will never be able to take over a sizable urban centre.

However, to many of us in the country, the Taliban's recent victory is due to serious weaknesses within the Afghan government rather than their own strength. Despite their recent military achievement, the demise of the movement as an alternative governing force has already begun.

During the past year, the National Unity Government has been struggling to create a common political platform and, thus ...

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/taliban-days-afghanistan-kunduz-pakistan-151025075020774.html

[marwat]

very terrible article.

[randolph85]

This is like the nonsense rhetoric that NATO and US commanders have been spewing for years when the Taliban stage dramatic attacks, "they resort to these types of attacks because they are weak."