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| US officials estimate Taliban strength at a minimum of 60,000 fighters |
| 2018-02-02 |
| [LongWarJournal] US and Afghan officials estimate the Taliban’s strength in Afghanistan to be a minimum of 60,000 fighters. This updated figure is significant, because as the report notes, for years the only previous estimate was approximately 20,000. Pending Issues: 1) If the fighters “change their allegiance from one terror group to another,” 2) Some US officials remain blind to the fact that the Haqqani network is a integral part of the Taliban 3) Hope is not a strategy. |
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