Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yulin 2016, mujallar "Time" ta Amurka ta kiyasta cewa kashi 20% na Afghanistan na karkashin ikon Taliban, tare da lardin Helmand da ke 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.