Over eight years after 9/11 Taliban has a "permanent presence" in 80% of Afghanistan

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Eight years after the terror strike on the United States, which prompted an invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, there are indications that the insurgents are continuing to widen their reach inside the country. Meanwhile, some high-ranking British and American officials are expressing mounting concern about Afghanistan's fraud-tainted election process.

A respected international think tank has released a new map showing, for the first time, the Taliban have a "permanent presence" in 80 percent of Afghanistan. "Permanent presence" in a province is defined as one or more insurgent attacks - lethal and non-lethal - per week.

Alexander Jackson is a policy analyst at the International Council on Security and Development in London.

"We're now seeing Taliban control across the country. And one of the most significant things that we're seeing in this latest map is the increased level of Taliban presence in the north of the country. Provinces such as Kunduz and Balkh, which previously were relatively stable, are now seeing very high levels of Taliban activity," he said.


I don't think they had 80% before we invaded them. We are going in the wrong direction here.

I have to say I'm still confused what we are doing there. Exactly who are we fighting there and who are we trying to kill? Is it just Al Queda or is it the Taliban?

I only hear about our guys getting killed. I sure don't believe in sacrificing our people so the Afghan people will have a good economy. That isn't good enough.

Then the public will know why, especially after the M$M produces banners and Theme music to accompany the rhetoric and movie script the public is being sold.