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Afghan forces face intense Taliban test as foreign troops leave
It is not a conventional military engagement, but one that pits a large army -- raised and equipped by a superpower -- against a smaller but well-supplied jihadist group backed by narco-dollars.
An Afghan security personnel inspects the site a day after a car bomb explosion in Kabul on August 4, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Taliban territorial gains have raised doubts about the Afghan military's strength with foreign troops all but gone -- a showdown between two very different forces in which experts say morale