Taliban now control most of Afghanistan. How did it happen?
Clip: 8/11/2021 | 8m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
The Taliban now control two-thirds of Afghanistan. How did it happen so quickly?
The Taliban on Wednesday seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local military headquarters in northern Afghanistan. The insurgents now hold some two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war. Bill Riggio, a senior fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the editor of their Long War Journal, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.
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Taliban now control most of Afghanistan. How did it happen?
Clip: 8/11/2021 | 8m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
The Taliban on Wednesday seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local military headquarters in northern Afghanistan. The insurgents now hold some two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war. Bill Riggio, a senior fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the editor of their Long War Journal, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.
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