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,塔利班占領了賈拉拉巴德、坎大哈、赫拉特、馬扎里沙里夫和15個阿富汗省會城市。甚至在最后一批美軍撤離阿富汗之前,塔利班就以極快的速度占領了阿富汗全境。在美國2001年入侵阿富汗后,人們認為該組織已被削弱,但塔利班的迅速進展表明,該組織從未被削弱,只是蟄伏起來,等待美國退出。