15 Facts About Taliban insurgency

Taliban insurgency was an insurgency that began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan.

The Taliban insurgency forces fought against the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, and later by President Ashraf Ghani, and against a US-led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO; the 2021 Taliban insurgency offensive resulted in the collapse of the government of Ashraf Ghani.

The Taliban insurgency conducted warfare against Afghan National Security Forces and their NATO allies, as well as against civilian targets.

In May and June 2003, high-ranking Taliban insurgency officials proclaimed that the Taliban insurgency regrouped and were ready to wage a guerrilla war in order to expel US forces from Afghanistan.

The Haqqani Network, a Taliban insurgency affiliate based on Pakistan, had strong support from Inter-Services Intelligence, the Pakistan intelligence agency.

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Taliban insurgency leaders found a safe haven in Pakistan, lived in the country, transacted business and earned funds there, and receiving medical treatment there.

Besides guerrilla attacks, Taliban insurgency fighters began building up forces in the district of Dai Chopan in Zabul Province.

US warned that in 2008 the Taliban has "coalesced into a resilient insurgency", and would "maintain or even increase the scope and pace of its terrorist attacks".

The new policy of the Taliban insurgency was to shift militants from the south to the north, to show they exist "everywhere", according to Faryab Province Governor Abdul Haq Shafaq.

Taliban insurgency continued attacking and ambushing NATO and Afghan troops as well as the targeted assassination of government officials.

The Taliban insurgency has increased suicide attacks and has made multiple territorial gains across the country.

Gains made by the Taliban insurgency have hampered peace talks between them and the government and made rifts appear in the Taliban insurgency over negotiations.

The Taliban insurgency had moved beyond its southern strongholds and had intensified the fighting in the north, according to military experts.

All government officials in the city had been moved to a nearby army base, while the Taliban insurgency had freed about 400 prisoners from the city's prison.

End of the Taliban insurgency resulted in the beginning of Panjshir conflict between the National Resistance Front and allied groups which fight under the banner of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.