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The Taliban attacking government forces makes them terrorists, in any meaning of the word. Years ago i had some
sympathy with their claim to only be fighting to get foreign forces out of their country, but that claim has worn thin.

""On March 3rd alone, the Taliban conducted 43 attacks on #ANDSF checkpoints in #Helmand. The Taliban claim to be
fighting to free Afg. from int'l forces, the Feb 29 agreement provides a conditions-based path to withdrawal," he added."

They have elections for sod sake.

Hamid Karzai was declared the first ever democratically elected head of state in Afghanistan in 2004, winning a second five-year term in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Afghanistan