What Are the Relationships Between the Taliban and the Insurgents?

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Telecoms companies and trucking firms were also having to deal with the taleman. Some civilians were better at leveraging their power, however meagre it was, against the taliban. It seems crazy that you would stand up to and in e taliban so that you could reopen a school, or you could do whatever. But people did that because they thought they had no choice. Life would be unbearable if they didn't take a shot with the caliban.

While the Taliban have the power of violence on their side in Afghanistan, they nonetheless need civilians to comply with their authority. Both strategically and by necessity, civilians have leveraged this reliance on their obedience in order to influence Taliban behaviour. In this week's episode Ashley Jackson author or Negotiating Survival speaks to Rosamund Urwin about her new model for understanding how civilian agency can shape the conduct of insurgencies. They also discuss Taliban strategy and objectives, explaining how the organisation has so nearly triumphed on the battlefield and in peace talks. While Afghanistan’s future is deeply unpredictable, there is one certainty: it is as critical as ever to understand the Taliban—and how civilians survive their rule. To find out more about the book and to order it click here: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/negotiating-survival/

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