The Taliban capture of the major northern city of Kunduz on Monday appears has been downplayed by officials, leading to a massive counteroffensive meant to retake it. In the nearby city of Pul-e Kumri, the provincial capital of neighboring Baghlan, there’s a lot of pessimism.
Reports coming out of Baghlan say that the richer residents and those connected with prominent government figures are already abandoning Pul-e Kumri, in anticipation that it is going to be the next target for an ongoing Taliban offensive.
The Taliban has some territory in the northern part of Baghlan already, and locals believe the Taliban are closer to the city than officials want to admit, with one saying that “if any Taliban come out and should ‘Allahu Akbar,’ the city will fall.” 10% of the city is believed to have left today alone.
The US-funded paramilitary faction the Afghan Local Police (ALP) also seems to view the area as a lost cause, with reports that two ALP units near Pul-e Kumri have surrendered their weapons and joined the Taliban. That, combined with reports that Afghan military commanders have withdrawn from the area, is leading many to conclude the city is an easy target for the Taliban.
US police state passed on what it learned while trying to keep funding approval ofpeople.
You set back and let problem grow and if growth is slow you actively aid its growth; Until one day when after following those you aided you arrest the whole bunch and go public with a huge drug bust.
US military cannot fight one on one Afghan citizens dislike as hell daily killings of tens of thousands would stink up skies clear back to DC, so what to do.
Taliban are not a military force as what a natio s sovereign powers have, no it is individuals and small groups of individuals that take their time and slowly their strength grows until the emerge as a somewhat identifiable singular group.
That is the threshold stage where US fearing a large conflagrTion then jumps in and attempts to kill all the devils they can before repirting a great victory to the homies back home.