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taliban insurgency
![Afghanistan’s Turbulent Decade Afghanistan’s Turbulent Decade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-28-1.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Turbulent Decade
By Ezzatullah Mehrdad
From 2010 to 2020, the Taliban insurgency picked up steam while Afghanistan’s institutional dysfunction deepened.
![Why the Taliban Cannot Win the Afghan War Why the Taliban Cannot Win the Afghan War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-08_20-20-48.jpg)
Why the Taliban Cannot Win the Afghan War
By Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi
The group lacks one key asset: popular support from the Afghan people.
![Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-23_16-41-06.jpg)
Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran
By Adam Weinstein
If the next U.S. president wants stability in Afghanistan, he will have to come to terms with Iran.
![Here Come the Taliban Drones Here Come the Taliban Drones](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-01_19-16-51.jpg)
Here Come the Taliban Drones
By Austin Bodetti
For the first time ever, the Taliban used an off-the-shelf drone to record a suicide attack.
![Pakistan Taliban Leader Killed in Paktika Pakistan Taliban Leader Killed in Paktika](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-19_14-23-31.jpg)
Pakistan Taliban Leader Killed in Paktika
By Shawn Snow
Paktika province has witnessed a recent spate of violence over the last couple months.
![Strategic District in Paktia, Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban Strategic District in Paktia, Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-29_14-07-57.jpg)
Strategic District in Paktia, Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban
By Shawn Snow
Jani Khel district, located along a strategic supply route, is overrun after a prolonged siege.
![Afghan President Blames Pakistan for Sheltering Taliban Afghan President Blames Pakistan for Sheltering Taliban](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-07_15-03-02.jpg)
Afghan President Blames Pakistan for Sheltering Taliban
By Catherine Putz
Ghani said militant groups “are being hosted and aided from the territory of Pakistan.”
![Taliban Launch Spring Offensive in Afghanistan Taliban Launch Spring Offensive in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-12_19-21-02.jpg)
Taliban Launch Spring Offensive in Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Taliban promise large-scale attacks, assassinations, and a war of attrition during this year’s fighting season.
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