Experts and former diplomats say that the Taliban want full control of Afghanistan and will continue to seek leverage for that goal on the battlefield
However, experts and former diplomats say that the Taliban want full control of Afghanistan and will continue to seek leverage for that goal on the battlefield. The top US envoy himself has acknowledged that the Taliban feel"emboldened" by their recent military gains in the country.
'Lion's share'Taliban militants have advanced on Lashkar Gah, the capitol of Helmand province, along with the provincial capital cities of Herat and Kandahar.Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann noted that the talks in Qatar and the military offensive in Afghanistan are not disparate --"they're interconnected; they're both the two sides of the same coin.