Taliban plans
Taliban fighters told Al Jazeera they intended to make use of the US camp and launch attacks to capture more territory in the region.
They also claimed that they had captured tonnes of fuel and ammunition left behind by US forces.
“There is a lot of ammunition left behind – mortars, rockets, and missiles. This, God willing, we will [use] against them,” Anwar, a local Taliban commander, told Al Jazeera’s Qais Azimy.
Al Jazeera contacted the presidential palace in Kabul, as well as the headquarters of Nato’s International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) and the Pentagon, but none of them would comment on the Taliban takeover.
Mark Perry, an author based in Washington, DC and specialising in US military analysis, said the withdrawal of American forces from Korengal was not necessarily either a victory or defeat, but was in keeping with past strategy.
“This is a pretty small battle,” he said.
“It’s true that we left, but we weren’t going to stay there anyway.”
He said the US military is pursuing a strategy to try to cripple the Taliban and al-Qaeda where possible, and create “a breathing space for the government in Afghanistan to become politically rooted in the society”.
Source: Al Jazeera
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