All is not yet lost in Afghanistan. The Taliban and its affiliates such as the so-called Haqqani Network are alive and active not only in the interior provinces, but even in Kabul. They still retain the surprise element in a large measure. Their morale is undented. So too their capability to improvise and innovate complex attacks on multiple targets using multiple modus operandi. The flow of suicide volunteers for their operations is not showing signs of drying up.