OEF: a lingering Afghan small war for the West (catch all)

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As AdamG's previous post the restrictions on SIGAR reporting has attracted attention and criticism. One part of the report concerns:

public data on specific districts in Afghanistan, such as the number of people living there, "controlled or influenced by the Afghan government or by the insurgents, or contested by both."

Link:http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/new...in-afghanistan

So the BBC World Service has a report whose title suggests why the restriction was made:

Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds (and the sub-title) Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan

There are two maps on the Taliban's presence and a second for ISIS by district.



Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42863116