The Taliban has released a video, which appears to show the planning and execution of an attack on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) compound in Afghanistan last June.
The video, which Al Jazeera obtained and aired on Sunday, showed the attack during a visit by American diplomat James Dobbins, who was in Afghanistan at that time to revive talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
The fighters used fake US identification cards and wearing equipment, making them appear like foreign soldiers with official looking vehicles.
Experts said that the video was a form of propaganda, but also indicated the evolution of Taliban fighters, who are now launching complex attacks against US forces in Afghanistan.
"I think they are effective, they have belief in themselves and they are organised," Masood Akhtar, a national security analyst from Pakistan, told Al Jazeera.
"The lesson learnt is don't ignore their competence to get what they wish to do."
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