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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Facing Financial Crisis, Leadership Issues |
| 2016-10-29 |
| NATO officials in Afghanistan have said the Taliban is struggling with a number of major issues mainly a financial recession, the rising number of casualties and serious disagreements over their leadership. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that they and Afghan forces must be prepared for any situation amid the ongoing war in the country. Stoltenberg said that the Taliban used all potential to occupy major territories in Afghanistan, but the Afghan security forces have foiled their attempts to determine their objectives in major Afghan strategic locations. NATO believes that the Taliban has been fractured internally and there is no unity within the group over a single leader acceptable to all. "There is going to be continued fighting in Afghanistan and we have to be prepared also for surprises. But the thing the main message is that the Afghan army and the Afghan security forces have proved very capable, very determined," Stoltenberg said. "Taliban have suffered from financial challenges number one, number two they do have leadership challenges in terms of figuring out who is really going to be their leader, and number three they have absolutely suffered a lot of casualties this year," said Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, a spokesman for the NATO-led Resolute in Afghanistan. According to political analysts, those countries sponsoring terrorism are trying to strengthen the presence o Daesh and al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan. "Terrorism backers in international level have realized that the Taliban is no longer usable. They want to use Daesh and al-Qaeda as an alternative in Afghanistan," said political analyst Ahmad Saeedi. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 ...first oil and now opium? Maybe they need a real cartel like OPEC to set artificial production limits that no one pays any attention to. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-29 14:23 |
| #3 Opium is not enough money??? A I recall, there has been an oversupply situation for years, Bernardz. So everyone is working harder for less profit. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-29 13:54 |
| #2 Opium is not enough money??? |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2016-10-29 07:01 |
| #1 The Taliban have always been an arm of the criminal enterprises that exist in AF. Once we leave, a LOT of contract money and easy to steal loot dries up. We paid the Taliban for the privilege of fighting them...and they fought us back in some cases to make sure they created the demand... |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-10-29 00:28 |