Taliban will retake Afghanistan: US

LONDON: The Taliban are set to retake control over Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country.

That’s according to a leaked US report, which also accuses Pakistan of assisting the Taliban in attacking NATO forces.

The Times of London newspaper said the document’s findings were based on interrogations of more than 4-thousand Taliban and al Qaeda detainees. Pakistan denies the charge, describing the report as "frivolous" and going against the country’s policy of "non-interference".

The leaked report comes as the US and Afghan governments are trying to enter peace talks with the Taliban. Despite the presence of about 100-thousand foreign troops, the UN says violence in Afghanistan is at its worst since the Taliban was ousted in 2001.

Large parts of Afghanistan have recently been handed back to the Afghan security forces, with the last foreign troops due to leave by the end of 2014.