Afghan security force members take part in a military operation against Taliban militants in Alishing district of Laghman province, eastern Afghanistan, on July 12, 2021. Taliban militants have been intensifying activities to capture more districts, as the U.S. troops are completing the pull-out from Afghanistan. In the meantime, Afghan security forces have been conducting counter-offensives to foil the militant group's efforts. XINHUA PHOTO
KABUL: Afghan Taliban militants now control about half of the war-torn country's 419 district centers, a top US general said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
"Strategic momentum appears to be sort of with the Taliban," Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a press conference.
