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Mar 2, 2022 · The operation began in areas seen as resistant to Taliban rule and comes ahead of spring, long known as Afghanistan’s “fighting season,” when the Taliban would launch offensives against the ...
May 26, 2015 · Instead, the Taliban pushed an aggressive campaign throughout the winter, further escalating their attacks in the spring. 2015 has already turned out to be the most difficult fighting season the ...
Jan 29, 2021 · The Taliban, gearing up for the spring fighting season, is already well positioned around several Afghan cities after making steady gains across the country in recent years.
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May 12, 2014 · JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks that killed 21 people around the country, making a show of strength to start the spring fighting season. The annual surge in violence poses a new test for Afghan security forces, who for the first time will face it largely on their own as international combat forces prepare to withdraw. Spring each year brings an ...
Apr 11, 2011 · He is considered one of the most dangerous operational commanders in eastern Afghanistan, and has organized multiple assaults on US and Afghan combat outposts in the region. In the summer of 2009, Sangeen took credit for the kidnapping of a US soldier who apparently stepped away from his post at a combat outpost in Paktika on June 30, 2009.
Apr 27, 2022 · FILE - Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban forces take a break as they patrol on a hilltop in the Darband area of Anaba district, in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, Sept. 1, 2021. With ...
2021 Taliban offensive. 150,000–200,000 combat-oriented troops, including an unknown number of junior and ghost soldiers. [68] The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul -based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in ...
