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Take a look at the territory controlled by the Taliban vs time while we were at this level. They were not contained. We just were keeping them out of a few ur
by avsteele 5y ago
Take a look at the territory controlled by the Taliban vs time while we were at this level. They were not contained. We just were keeping them out of a few urban areas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57933979 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57933979
- MattGaiser 5y ago> We just were keeping them out of a few urban areas. How is that not containment if they can’t take major areas?
- throwaway894345 5y agoI skimming your link, it seems the Taliban didn’t take significant territory until the US pulled out altogether. In the time during which the US was not actively fighting on the ground but was providing logistic support and air strikes and so on, the Taliban were effectively kept at bay.
- avsteele 5y agoYou need to look a bit more carefully, and ideally at more than just at the one link. The US and gov controlled the country entirely at one point. By 2017 The large swaths of the country are contested. 61% by 2018. The writing was on the wall. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/08/world/asia/us-misleads-on-afghanistan.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/08/world/asia/us...