Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na July 2016, akwụkwọ akụkọ US "Time" mere atụmatụ na 20% nke Afghanistan nọ n'okpuru nchịkwa Taliban, na mpaghara ndịda Helmand dị ka ebe ha siri ike, ebe US na nkwado mba ụwa siri ike
Onye isi ndị agha jikọrọ aka na Disemba 2016 General Nicholson kwukwara na 10% dị n'aka ndị Taliban ebe 26% ọzọ nke Afghanistan bụ nke gọọmentị Afghanistan na ndị otu nnupụisi dị iche iche na-arụ ụka.