Taliban control across Afghanistan in now at the highest level since 2001 and there is little in the way to stop the group taking effective control of most of the country . The government claims that it has had to evacuate twelve of its thirteen provincial capitals in the last two weeks alone . Whilst US sources fail to talk up the ability of the Government to retain control , Afghan government forces on the ground paint a far more worrying picture , with the Taliban effectively occupying two thirds of the country .
Taliban control across Afghanistan in now at the highest level since 2001 and there is little in the way to stop the group taking effective control of most of the country. The UN reports that it has had to evacuate four of its thirteen provincial offices in the last two weeks alone. Whilst US sources continue to talk up the ability of the Government to retain control, Afghan government forces on the ground paint a far more worrying picture, with the Taliban effectively controlling two thirds of the country.