"The Afghan Government Only Controls Two-Thirds Of ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Aug 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
…The Country. "More than a decade after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the armed group is still active across Afghanistan. Since the Taliban was ousted from power following the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the armed group's control over parts of Afghanistan has fluctuated widely. According to a recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the Western-backed Afghan government has lost control of nearly five percent of its territory to the Taliban since the beginning of this year. The report says the area under Afghan government "control or influence" decreased to 65.6 percent by the end of May from 70.5 percent last year, based on data provided by US forces in Afghanistan. That amounts to a loss of 19 of the country's approximately 400 governing districts…"
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 Legion 4  | 27 Aug 2016 3:13 p.m. PST |
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| Redroom | 27 Aug 2016 3:38 p.m. PST |
Two out of Three aint bad |
| Legion 4 | 28 Aug 2016 8:26 a.m. PST |
If you're Meatloaf …  |
| Rod I Robertson | 28 Aug 2016 1:12 p.m. PST |
Two-thirds seems very optimistic to me. The central government actually controls far less and the Taliban controls less. The whole idea of control is somewhat out of place when one talks about Afghanistan. It is a rather entropic place where people, clans and tribes value their autonomy and resent control. Perhaps influence and coercion are better terms in the Afghan context.
Cheers.
Rod Robertson. |
| Legion 4 | 29 Aug 2016 9:09 a.m. PST |
With all the tribes and warlord affiliations, It's doubtful if the Gov't ever held 2/3 even with the USSR being there. |
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