Despite capturing capital Kabul, the Taliban never succeeded in conquering the entire country or winning political recognition by the United Nations, because of the military resistance of the legitimate government based in the north of the country.
尽管塔利班占领了首都喀布尔，由于以阿富汗北部为根据地的合法政府的军事抵抗，它从未成功地征服了整个国家或者赢得联合国的政治承认。