Taliban Flag Flies in All 34 Provinces — SkimNews
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- Taliban enters its sixth year in power more powerful than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, the source's central measure of how the movement has consolidated.
- Afghanistan flies the Taliban flag in all 34 of the country's provinces, the concrete marker the source uses for the movement's nationwide reach.
- Russia stands as the only country to have formally recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan; the excerpt names China and the United Arab Emirates in the same sentence before cutting off mid-word.
Why it matters: The anti-Taliban resistance is still intact, but it is confronting a Taliban that already flies its flag in all 34 provinces and is stronger than before Sept. 11. Only Russia has formally recognized that government, leaving China and the United Arab Emirates outside the formal-recognition bloc.
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