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Just How Weak are the Taliban?

Simon Whistler · August 27, 2026 · 15 min video · China & Indo-Pacific

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For a group that managed to kick the US of America out of their territory, it's

A little

Bit surprising that the Afghan Taliban aren't stronger. Five years after the

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