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The Taliban did not publicly respond to the offer. [citation needed] Following Ghani's offer of unconditional peace talks with the Taliban, a growing peace movement arose in Afghanistan during 2018, particularly following a peace march by the People's Peace Movement, [384] which the Afghan media dubbed the "Helmand Peace Convoy."
After the ousting of the Taliban, the American and NATO commanders were confronted with the dilemma of on the one hand the need for "winning the hearts and minds" of the local population as well as on the other hand the necessity of the eradication of poppies and the destruction of the opium economy, that allegedly financed the Taliban insurgency.
[6] The Taliban's military commander in the north was Mohammad Fazl. [7] The Taliban military comprised approximately 45,000 Afghans and 2,700 foreign fighters, [9] which included al-Qaeda's 055 Brigade. [51] According to military analyst Ali Jalali, the 055 Brigade was only 400–600 strong, but its ties to bin Laden made it politically ...
The Al Farouq training camp, also called Jihad Wel al-Farouq, [1] was a Taliban and Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan.Camp attendees received small-arms training, map-reading, orientation, explosives training, and other training.
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Despite this, the Taliban did not relent, and renewed their attacks every night, using small arms, RPGs, and 107 mm rockets. The British answered with machine guns, mortars and Javelin missiles, and by calling in artillery and airstrikes. Resupply was sometimes interrupted for as long as five days, as Taliban fire would have put the helicopters ...
The U.N. children’s agency says more than 1 million girls are affected by the ban, although it estimates 5 million were out of school before the Taliban takeover due to a lack of facilities and ...
The 13 fallen service members were Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, Cpl ...