Taliban active in 70% of Afghanistan

The Taliban fully control four percent of Afghanistan and are openly present in another 66 percent, a BBC study has found. The estimate is significantly higher than assessments by the NATO-led coalition

TALIBAN PRESENCE
Taliban full control 
Taliban open presence
Government control

200km 125 miles
Herat
Mazar-i- Sharif
Kunduz
Kabul
Jalalabad
Kandahar


4%  Full Taliban control 14 districts
30% Control by government 122 districts
66% Open Taliban presence 263 districts

Nearly 15 million people – half of population – live in areas affected by Taliban presence

PRESENCE OF ISLAMIC STATE
30 districts
Kohistanat 
Khanabad
Jalalabad
Kabul

Study based on conversations with over 1,200 individual local sources in all districts of Afghanistan, conducted from Aug 12-Nov 21, 2017

Source: BBC
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