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How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movements extraordinary military operation relies on financial backing. This volume analyses such funding. The Talibans external sources of support include foreign governments and non-state groups, both of whichhave affected the Talibans military campaigns and internal politics. Secondly, this is the first full-length study of the Taliban to acknowledge and discuss in detail the movements polycentric character. Here not only the Quetta Shura, but also the Haqqani Network and the Talibans other centersof power, are afforded the attention they deserve. The Taliban at War is based on extensive field research, including hundreds of interviews with Taliban members at all levels of the organization, community elders in Taliban-controlled areas, and other sources. It covers the Taliban insurgency from its first manifestations in 2002 up to the end of2015. The five-month Battle of Kunduz epitomized the ongoing transition of the Taliban from an insurgent group to a more conventional military force, intent on fighting a protracted civil war. In this latest book, renowned Afghanistan expert Antonio Giustozzi rounds off his twenty years of studying the Taliban with an authoritative study detailing the evolution of its formidable military machine.Antonio Giustozzi is Visiting Professor at Kings College London and Fellow at RUSI, and has a PhD from the London School of Economics. He has written or edited eleven books, all published by Hurst, the most recent being The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central AsianJihad (2018).Book specifications:Dimensions: 216 x 142Author: Antonio GiustozziCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 5Language: EnglishPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAWeight: 526 g
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