What happened to the Taliban in Afghanistan?

At the end of April, remaining foreign forces began withdrawing from Afghanistan. Around this time the Taliban controlled around 76 districts or 19 percent of the country. The insurgents then launched an offensive to win back territory, including in the north of the country, once seen as off-limits to the militants.

What is the latest on the US-Taliban peace deal?

On 29 February 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed a conditional peace deal in Doha which required that U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan within 14 months so long as the Taliban cooperated with the terms of the agreement.

What has gone wrong in Afghanistan?

By Monday, President Ashraf Ghani had fled, America was rushing to get its diplomatic personnel out of Kabul and the Taliban had control over three-quarters of the country. Two decades of fighting, thousands of lives and billions of dollars had failed to bring lasting democracy to Afghanistan.

How did the US end the war in Afghanistan?

The U.S. focus shifted to the Iraq invasion, while in Afghanistan, western powers helped build a centralised democratic system and institutions. But that neither ended the war nor stabilised the country. Also read: The U.S. has obviously failed in its mission in Afghanistan, says Hamid Karzai

Taliban commanders and fighters returned to their homes or escaped to safe havens in Pakistan. Skillful diplomatic efforts spearheaded by a U.S. special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, established a process that created a new Afghan government led by the conciliatory Hamid Karzai. For the next four years, Afghanistan was deceptively peaceful.

What happened to US troops in Afghanistan after the war?

Many units depended on U.S. advisers and air support to defeat the Taliban in battle. By 2015, just 9,800 U.S. troops were left in Afghanistan. As the withdrawal continued, they focused on counterterrorism and on advising and training the Afghans.

What was Bush’s plan to defeat the Taliban?

Gone was Bush’s intent to defeat the Taliban no matter what, even though the group could not be trusted to stop terrorists from using Afghanistan as a refuge. Instead, the United States would deny al Qaeda a safe haven, reverse the Taliban’s momentum, and strengthen the Afghan government and its security forces.

What happens to Afghan refugees if US doesn’t evacuate them?

Without an evacuation, tens of thousands of Afghans and their families — including those who worked for the U.S. government, as well as others who promoted democracy and women’s rights at Western-backed organizations — will be at the mercy of the Taliban, said lawmakers, veterans and rights groups. “My concern is very simple.