As the US prepared to complete its withdrawal by 11 September, after two decades of war, the militants took major cities and have now reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul.
The History of the Taliban
The Taliban, or simply, the Taliban, is a fundamentalist Islamist political movement, previously referred to as a 'religious party' under Mullah Omar.
After the death of the Afghan leader in June 2013, his successor Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was appointed. Mansour appointed Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada as the new Taliban chief in July 2016, after the previous commander, Mullah Omar.
The decision to replace Akhundzada came after Mansour was killed in a US drone strike on 16 May in southern Helmand Province.
The group was initially established as a branch of the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, but in 1996 became an independent political movement.
How the Taliban is a Threat
The Taliban is a Shia Islam movement fighting to drive foreign forces and the Islamic clerics of Afghanistan from the country.
What is the Taliban? Founded in 1996, the Taliban movement emerged as a successor to the Islamic State of Afghanistan (IS), the radical Muslim group formed by Mullah Omar in 1994 after he united and allied various Sunni Muslim factions. It has rejected negotiations and officially recognizes no international forces as legitimate.
The Taliban movement's original ideology was based on Islamic Sharia law, and it banned alcohol, gambling, music, films, and television.
The extent of the Taliban's recent gains in Afghanistan
The Taliban's (TTP) recent surgeon Afghan soil results from the continuous aerial bombardment and use of white phosphorus in populated areas that Afghan forces have been experiencing in northern provinces, while the Islamists have been making major gains in the capital, Kabul.
I strongly believe that the recent mass killing in Ghazni, Afghanistan's fourth-largest city, which has remained under Taliban control since 2014, in which more than 250 people were killed, was a highly symbolic move by the militants to justify their current aerial bombardment in Kabul and Ghazni.
They are also demanding an extension of their safe havens and a "border corridor" with Pakistan.
Why do India and Kabul need to wake up
Meanwhile, the Kabuli Foreign Office and the Pentagon have warned of Pakistan's "terrorist threat." © Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya Pakistan's Foreign Minister Reportedly Indirectly Calls for More Indian Support to Afghanistan A spokesperson for the Pentagon, Cmdr.
Bill Urban said that Washington wants Pakistan to ensure that the Afghan Taliban no longer use safe havens on its soil.
"This needs to happen for the Pakistan military to consider partnering with the United States and Afghan military to achieve the shared goal of denying haven to the Taliban, Haqqani Network, and other terrorist groups operating on Afghan soil," Urban said. He added that Islamabad would never be able to operate if the safe havens are fully dismantled.
Conclusion
While the UN has called for swift action to safeguard the gains that have been achieved during the past 16 years of war, no one seems to care about the future of Afghanistan.
The Afghan question has been engulfed by four major problems – external players, internal contradictions, domestic impediments, and economic constraints.
The US and NATO-led military mission in Afghanistan has failed to root out the foreign fighters, and the US-backed government has lost control over 80 percent of the territory.
The Taliban leadership appears to be in no mood to concede the so-called 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.' It has launched fierce attacks against the Afghan forces across the country and has been willing to fight to the last Afghan.
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