WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Taliban in Afghanistan -- whose government was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the September 11 attacks in 2001 -- has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a State Department report released Wednesday. Afghan policemen stand Wednesday outside the ruins of a house destroyed during clashes with Taliban insurgents. "The Taliban-led insurgency remained a capable, determined, and resilient threat to stability and to the expansion of government authority, particularly in the Pashtun south and east," according to the "Country Reports on Terrorism 2007." The Taliban's information operations have become "increasingly aggressive and sophisticated," and their ability to obtain al Qaeda support and recruit soldiers from the Taliban base of rural Pashtuns is "undiminished," the report says.
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State Department report: Taliban military, technical capabilities stronger
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Taliban called a determined threat to Afghan stability
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Funding comes from Pakistan supporters, narcotics trafficking, abductions
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Number of terror attacks increased from 969 in 2006 to 1,127 last year
The Taliban is funding its terror activities with money from supporters in neighboring @placeholder and from narcotics trafficking and kidnappings.