Taliban attacks pose ‘existential crisis’ to Afghanistan: US watchdog
By DW
31 July 2021 |
10:56 am
A surge in Taliban attacks could pose a real threat to the Afghan government and its "unprepared" security forces, according to a report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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