Despite their recent military gain in Kunduz, the Taliban’s demise has already begun.
![Afghan Taliban militants gather around parts of a US F-16 aircraft that was struck over in Sayid Karam district of eastern Paktia province [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b1b54dca87064be092616e17cac47dd5_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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We will not win the war against religious radicalism and extremism through military means alone.
![A member of the Afghan security force stands in front of a damaged building a day after attacks outside the Afghan parliament in Kabul [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/8a83701416d74b5cab8d0308994edb50_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The formation of a Sunni coalition against Houthis in Yemen could spark sectarian violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Afghan government has little time to prepare itself for the upcoming fighting season.
![Reduction in funding for the Afghan government could negatively impact Afghan security forces, writes Mir [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014122910851441734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
$7.6 billion later, Afghanistan’s dependency on the opium trade continues to expand.
![Farmers did not receive the right incentives to abandon opium cultivation, writes Mir [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141021134143909734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)