The Taliban rule book

Newsweek:

An extraordinary little document is making the rounds among the Taliban of Afghanistan. As first reported in NEWSWEEK by Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai on Dec. 3, the stapled pamphlet called simply “Layeha,” or “Rule Book,” is only nine pages long. But it speaks volumes about the Taliban: their strategy, their following, their potential virtues and their persistent vices, and the full text is well worth reading.

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There is more to the story with the list of Taliban insurgency strategy application. Their attempts to win the hearts and minds has been an abject failure, but Newsweek did not notice that fact.