A lot of interesting detail in here to unpick, and - as ever - phenomenal reporting. A few things stand out... One being the balancing act it describes, between political compromise and the rank/filehttps://twitter.com/MujMash/status/1265212831718391814 …
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The Taliban's own negotiating culture has, I would argue, been poorly understood by those from outside trying to (a) get the Taliban to play ball and (b) engage with the insurgency effectively to get what they want
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There's much I don't understand. But one implication is that bc change must be consultative, its often slow AF Also: they can take an incredibly stubborn, effective, hard line on issues they care about. As
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@rahmat_amiri and I write about the slow AF part of internal TB consultation and institutional change here https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/pw_153-insurgent_bureaucracy_how_the_taliban_makes_policy.pdf … Also worth checking out this on TB ideology from@FirstDraftPub https://www.amazon.com/Obedience-Amir-Taliban-Movement-Publishing-ebook/dp/B0183VF0HA …Näytä tämä ketju
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