Afghan security is likely to deteriorate in 2017
The Taliban have recently mounted their fiercest attack yet against Afghan and NATO security forces
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- Afghan weakness
- Taliban tactics
- Taliban internal divisions
- Akhundzada's leadership and rivals
- Splintered forces
- Factionalism
- IS threat
- Amended tactics
- US policy
- Outlook
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