According to NATO's ambassador to Afghanistan, Simon Gass, quality of life has improved in the impoverished country. Bribery is necessary to get almost anything done, but girls are able to go to school and women are able to walk about freely.
Two recent attacks, one on the US Embassy in Kabul and one that killed the former Afghan president, occurring within the same month prove that, though things may be stabilizing, the Taliban still is able to carry out deadly attacks on civilians and politicians. One has to wonder, however, if these attacks and the recent Taliban activity are acts of desperation, meant to keep the organization relevant. If quality of life improves in Afghanistan in the absence of the Taliban, then the people of Afghanistan will oppose the Taliban more, and I think the Taliban knows this, so it is trying to scare people.
The Taliban may or may not be on their back foot, but if Western military's pull out of Afghanistan, the power vacuum would likely result in fighting between the Taliban, warlords, and the government.
Bob Hartzer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15710041
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