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The rapid advance of the Taliban

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Mark Milley
Mark Milley

“There was nothing that I, or anyone else, saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. The Afghan security forces had the capacity, and by that I mean they had the training, the size, the capability, to defend their country. This comes down to an issue of will and leadership.”

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US Army general and the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
18 Aug 2021 2 4
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Michael Kugelman
Michael Kugelman

“For years, the Taliban had prepared the ground for this final battle. Taliban forces established deep footprints and eventual control in districts around the country, including near cities - thereby positioning themselves for the urban offensives of recent days. They amassed large quantities of heavy weaponry seized from Afghan forces. They diversified their sources of financing beyond the drug trade, making a wealthy armed group even richer. The Taliban's current advances did not come out of nowhere.”

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Deputy director and senior associate at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
16 Aug 2021 4 3
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Sultan Barakat
Sultan Barakat

“The speed of the Taliban's advance and the lack of resistance faced so far have come as a surprise to all sides including the Taliban leaders themselves. But this should not blind anyone to the fact that throughout modern history, no single political, religious or ethnic group, regardless of its size, has been able to enjoy full hegemony and legitimacy across a piece of land without reaching a political settlement with all other groups. The Taliban has made electrifying advances precisely because it has realised that it cannot hold and maintain control based on an exclusive narrative of Pashtun nationalism. Rather, local alliances are being made in the north with local Uzbek, Tajik, and other communities. Military force was never a solution in Afghanistan and cannot bring peace and prosperity to the country today.”

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Director of the Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute
15 Aug 2021 4 4
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