Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured

Taliban Threatens Afghan Towns Once Secured By American Troops
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 13: Afghan security personnel inspect a damaged bus at the site of a suicide attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 13, 2014. The suicide bomber struck the Defence Ministry bus carrying Afghan Army personnel, killing at least 7 soldiers and 18 wounded according to officials. (Photo by Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 13: Afghan security personnel inspect a damaged bus at the site of a suicide attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 13, 2014. The suicide bomber struck the Defence Ministry bus carrying Afghan Army personnel, killing at least 7 soldiers and 18 wounded according to officials. (Photo by Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

In a large swath of the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, government centers are facing a long-dormant concern this winter: Four years after the American troop surge helped make such places relatively secure, they are back under threat from the insurgents.

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