Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya zuwa watan Yulin 2016, mujallar "Time" ta Amurka ta kiyasta kashi 20% na Afghanistan na karkashin ikon Taliban tare da lardin Helmand na kudancin kasar a matsayin sansanin su, yayin da Amurka da kasashen duniya ke ba da cikakken goyon baya
Kwamandan hadin gwiwar Janar Nicholson a watan Disamba na 2016 ya kuma bayyana cewa kashi 10% na hannun Taliban ne yayin da sauran kashi 26% na Afghanistan ke takaddama tsakanin gwamnatin Afghanistan da kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye daban-daban.