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Jan. 31, 2018 | 03:00 PM (Last updated: January 31, 2018 | 03:38 PM)

Taliban active in 70 percent of Afghanistan: BBC study

Security forces are driven to the site of a deadly suicide attack in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. A suicide car bomber killed at least 40 people and wounded about 140 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban on Saturday in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, authorities said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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The Taliban are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan's districts, fully controlling 4 percent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 percent, according to a BBC study published Tuesday.

The coalition said Tuesday that the Taliban contested or controlled only 44 percent of Afghan districts as of October 2017 .

The BBC counted 399 districts in Afghanistan, but the NATO-led force counted 407 .

The BBC study said the Afghan government controlled 122 districts, or about 30 percent of the country.

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