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In August 2017, reacting to a hostile speech by US President [[Donald Trump]], a Taliban spokesman retorted that they would keep fighting to free Afghanistan of "American invaders".

===Resurgence ~~and Second Islamic Emirate~~===

===Resurgence===

By 2020, after [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] had lost almost all of its conquered territory and committed less terrorist acts, the global think tank called the Institute for Economics & Peace considered the Taliban to have overtaken ISIL as the most dangerous terrorist group in the world due to their recent campaigns for territorial expansion.

On 29 May 2020, it was reported that Mullah Omar's son Mullah [[Mohammad Yaqoob]] was now acting as leader of the Taliban after numerous Quetta Shura members were infected with COVID-19. It was previously confirmed on 7 May 2020 that Yaqoob had become head of the Taliban military commission, making him the insurgents' military chief. Among those infected in the Quetta Shura, which continued to hold in-person meetings, were Hibatullah Akhundzada and Sirajuddin Haqqani, then commanders of the Taliban and Haqqani network respectively.

===Second Islamic Emirate===

In May 2021 following the beginning of American and other NATO forces withdrawal, the Taliban began an offensive all across Afghanistan. By mid-August 2021, the Taliban controlled every major city in Afghanistan, capturing the capital Kabul by 15 August 2021; following this, president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. On August 19, the Taliban officially declared a second Islamic Emirate.

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 In August 2017, reacting to a hostile speech by US President [[Donald Trump]], a Taliban spokesman retorted that they would keep fighting to free Afghanistan of "American invaders".
-===Resurgence and Second Islamic Emirate===
+===Resurgence===
 By 2020, after [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] had lost almost all of its conquered territory and committed less terrorist acts, the global think tank called the Institute for Economics & Peace considered the Taliban to have overtaken ISIL as the most dangerous terrorist group in the world due to their recent campaigns for territorial expansion.
 On 29 May 2020, it was reported that Mullah Omar's son Mullah [[Mohammad Yaqoob]] was now acting as leader of the Taliban after numerous Quetta Shura members were infected with COVID-19. It was previously confirmed on 7 May 2020 that Yaqoob had become head of the Taliban military commission, making him the insurgents' military chief. Among those infected in the Quetta Shura, which continued to hold in-person meetings, were Hibatullah Akhundzada and Sirajuddin Haqqani, then commanders of the Taliban and Haqqani network respectively.
+===Second Islamic Emirate===
 In May 2021 following the beginning of American and other NATO forces withdrawal, the Taliban began an offensive all across Afghanistan. By mid-August 2021, the Taliban controlled every major city in Afghanistan, capturing the capital Kabul by 15 August 2021; following this, president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. On August 19, the Taliban officially declared a second Islamic Emirate.