In the last week, the Taliban took over Jalalabad, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and 15 Afghan provincial capitals. Taliban advanced at a breakneck speed to capture entire Afghanistan even before the last of the US troops could exit the country. After the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the group was believed to be weakened, but the Taliban’s rapid gains show that the group was never weakened but only laid dormant, waiting for the US to exit. Watch the video to know more.

上周,塔利班占领了贾拉拉巴德、坎大哈、赫拉特、马扎里沙里夫和15个阿富汗省会城市。甚至在最后一批美军撤离阿富汗之前,塔利班就以极快的速度占领了阿富汗全境。在美国2001年入侵阿富汗后,人们认为该组织已被削弱,但塔利班的迅速进展表明,该组织从未被削弱,只是蛰伏起来,等待美国退出。