I’m actually being generous to the Afghan government with my assessment as I’m giving all the contested districts to Kabul. In reality, the Afghan government controls very little.

The 2021 Taliban offensive and events leading up to it.
I’m actually being generous to the Afghan government with my assessment as I’m giving all the contested districts to Kabul. In reality, the Afghan government controls very little.
Taliban don’t need to hold districts, they need to make it so Kabul can’t hold them.
In addition to vehicles, the Taliban are seizing weapons everywhere they go, this is from Shortepa, Balkh.
Twenty years with little to show for it.