Recently, the Afghan Air Force and the United States Air Force launched a fierce air strike against the Taliban, and with air support, the Afghan army launched a tactical counteroffensive. So far, Afghan forces have reportedly retaken 30 counties.
Afghanistan is realigning its forces, particularly by abandoning many remote areas. Troops began to assemble in the cities to form battalion and regimental units to launch a concentrated counterattack on the Taliban-controlled areas. After seeing a large number of Pashtun soldiers surrender to the Taliban, who were also Pashtuns. The Afghan army has resumed arming tajiks, Turkmen and Hazaras, asking them to fight against the Taliban. In Herat province, militias under the command of Ismail Khan fought fiercely with the Taliban.
With the support of the Air Force, Afghan special forces launched large-scale clearance operations in Kandahar, Tahir Province and other places. In Tahir province in particular, Afghan special forces searched dozens of villages and captured a number of Taliban members and Taliban supporters.
The Afghan army even buried Taliban supporters alive for intelligence. The Taliban supporter is placed in a large earth pit where Afghan soldiers throw dirt on him. The Afghan army tortured the Taliban supporter to extract a confession, the whereabouts and circumstances of the Taliban forces, or the village, and who else was a Taliban supporter.
The Afghan Air Force's A-29 Super Toucan attack aircraft and U.S. armed drones carried out a cut-off strike against the Taliban. First, divide a certain area of control of the Taliban into how many grids. Subsequently, the aircraft was cleared one by one. Once the attack aircraft had locked on to the Taliban camp, they would destroy it house by house.
Kill as many of the Taliban's living forces as possible, forcing the Taliban to stop their offensive. Because of his command, the commander of the Afghan army in Badegis province, Hasibaullah Massoud Akhundzadeh, was also promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
In Kunduz, the Taliban infiltrated 4 of the city's 9 districts. However, the Afghan army also guards the core area. Because, the Taliban appeared to kill Afghan translators of American troops, capture and execute comedians, and kill civilians. Recently, the resistance of the Afghan army has been significantly more tenacious.
In fact, in terms of real combat effectiveness, the Afghan army surpasses the Taliban. But why is it that the Taliban continue to rise and become the most important force in Afghanistan? It is because of the rampant corruption and infighting within the Afghan government that even at a time when the Taliban's power is growing day by day, it is still unable to form a joint force to deal with the Taliban threat.
Some experts said: For the Afghan government, the formation of a transitional government requires the separation of powers from the Taliban, which is unacceptable; and the Taliban have always refused to recognize the Afghan government, believing that it is a foreign puppet and that it is the legitimate regime itself, and participating in the transitional government means "complicity" with the object of its opposition, which will damage its own political foundation and legitimacy. The Afghan people are also very disgusted by the Concept of a "Transitional Government" in the United States, because a Government without sufficient control will cause greater instability in society.
So the afghan army's battle with the Taliban is a matter of life and death. Although the Afghan army was at a disadvantage in the initial stages, once it woke up, it could organize more troops into battle. After all, although the Taliban have seized half of Afghanistan's land. However, the main force of the Afghan army remains intact.
More than 300,000 Afghan troops lost only about a tenth of their strength. They also control 32 provincial capitals, including the capital Kabul (and 2 more are in contention). The war in Afghanistan was finally, most likely, the result of the Taliban controlling the Pashtun areas and the Afghan Kabul side controlling Kabul and other Tajik, Hazara and Turkmen areas.
The New York Times said that as long as the United States provides assistance, then Afghanistan has 20,000-30,000 special forces and air force as the core. That would be enough to maintain the rule and counterattack of the Afghan side in Kabul. But once the United States cuts off aid, then the Kabul side of Afghanistan will face big problems that cannot be solved.