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2021 Taliban offensive, an Uncommon card
The Taliban insurgent group and allied militants conducted a military offensive in 2021 that led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of the country.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 99
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 197
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Ranked #30 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
2021 Taliban offensive quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 2021 Taliban offensive card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of ______.
Answer
terrorism. The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of terrorism. From the 2021 Taliban offensive article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The offensive included a continuation of the bottom-up succession of negotiated or paid surrenders to the Taliban from the village level upwards that started following the February ____ US–Taliban deal.
Answer
2020s. The offensive included a continuation of the bottom-up succession of negotiated or paid surrenders to the Taliban from the village level upwards that started following the February 2020 US–Taliban deal. From the 2021 Taliban offensive article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu 1,300,000 · Balfour Declaration 660,000 · 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes 330,000 · 2021 Taliban offensive 180,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of terrorism.
- The offensive included a continuation of the bottom-up succession of negotiated or paid surrenders to the Taliban from the village level upwards that started following the February 2020 US–Taliban deal.
- The offensive began on 1 May 2021, coinciding with the withdrawal of the United States's 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, and those belonging to other international allies.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 2021 Taliban offensive article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 99 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 2021 Taliban offensive (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rr016, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
