Afghanistan: "Nobody expected such a rapid advance of the Taliban"
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A Taliban flag flies over the main square in the northern town of Kunduz, which was taken by insurgents over the weekend.
- AFP
By: Florent Guignard
8 mins
The advance of the Taliban is accelerating in the country.
During the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, August 11, the insurgents seized the provincial capital of Faizabad.
It is the ninth province out of 34 that they have taken control since August 6.
As the last American troops prepare to leave the area next September, how will the Afghan army be able to cope?
Details with Romain Malejacq, professor at the University of Radboud in the Netherlands.
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Romain Malejacq
is the author of
Warlord Survival: The delusion of State Building in Afghanistan
, published
by Cornell University Press.
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