taliban and these transnational terrorist groups is stronger today than at any point in recent times just as indicated numerous times by the sanction monitoring team of the un security council the taliban contrary to their commitments under the doha agreement have not broken ties with their regional and international terrorist organisationsin fact these links are unbreakable as they have been cultivated and built on shared ideology interest and goals and intermarriages which have been translated into joint attacks logistical and material support he saidus president joe biden said in april us troops would be withdrawn from afghanistan by the end of august ending a 20year foreign military presencethe taliban in recent days has swept across afghanistan pushing back the afghan military and taking over significant swaths of territory as the us nears the end of its withdrawalapproximately 650 troops are set to remain in the country to secure the us diplomatic presence in afghanistan including the embassy and to assist in securing kabuls international airport which is a necessary facility for the movement of diplomats