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Why The Taliban Are Attacking Afghanistan and Can Taliban Be Stopped?

Know here why Taliban are attacking Afghanistan and the rate at which they are capturing the country, can they be stopped

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Pooja Suryavanshi
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Why the Taliban are attacking Afghanistan? This conflict is making all the world leaders worried especially after U.S troops have announced the complete pull-out. Insurgents are gradually stepping deeper into the country and captured more than 30 provincials.

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Almost a quarter of Afghanistan including the largest cities like Kandahar and Heart has been seized. Now the threat revolves around the capital, Kabul, which is expected to fall under their hands within 3 months.

Citizens are forced to evacuate their homes and around 20 civilians and 27 children have been killed in the past few days. However, the number exceeds tens of thousands. But why Taliban are attacking Afghanistan? Read to know.

Taliban Afghanistan Conflict Timeline

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NATO had conducted several combat operations.

It led to more than one lakh civilian casualties and thousands of US soldiers have either died or injured. This is the reason why the Taliban are attacking Afghanistan.

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US Withdrawal Gives Momentum To Taliban Afghanistan Conflict

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20 years of 9/11 on 11 September 2021. As soon as the troops stepped back, Taliban commanders have started behaving brutally, killing and detaining citizens including women and children.

This has again raised the fear of Afghanistan becoming a terror base. On the other hand, the Taliban denied it saying we only want to make an Islamic government.

‘They Will Kill Us’ Fear Many Stuck At Afghanistan

Why the Taliban Are Attacking Afghanistan
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An interpreter from Afghan, Abdullah, has also thrown light on the conditions. And not just these two, there are hundreds of interpreters who served the US but now feel betrayed after its decision to withdraw.

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The reason why they fear getting killed is so obvious after the Taliban targeted lawmakers, ministers, and even killed the head of the media information center earlier this month.

The present conditions and withdrawal of the US are forcing the world to conclude that the Taliban will capture Afghanistan and make it a pariah state.

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