Rug Pundits » Alex Strick van Linschoten http://rugpundits.com From the other side of the fence Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:07:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 SufiLore #1 – Which way, Taliban? http://rugpundits.com/2009/12/04/sufilore-1-which-way-taliban/ http://rugpundits.com/2009/12/04/sufilore-1-which-way-taliban/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:05:17 +0000 Jakob Steiner http://pakchronicle.com/?p=253 Copying Tim Stevens’ (on ubiwar) and others’ concept of a material list provided continuously on stuff previously read or dealt with, I will start a regular material list, always on a specific topic, including a small number of links,  with one line each to underline the reason why I included it. The material will include stuff I read or watched, in some cases (like with the book in the first list) I will make exceptions and mark them with stars.

Which way, Taliban?

[Article] Flipping the Taliban. Fotini Christia and Michael Semple, July/August 2009, Foreign Affairs Volume 88, Number 4.

“For many Taliban fighters, insurgency has nothing to do with Islamic zealotry; it is a way of life.”

[Article] Know Thine Enemy – Why the Taliban Cannot Be Flipped. Barbara Elias, November 2 2009, Foreign Affairs (online).

“And there is little reason not to expect flipped Taliban to flip back when it suits their purposes.”

[Video] Transition to What?. Talk at the Halifax Forum, November 21 2009.

“Stick with it brothers, and we’ll topple the government.”

[Blog] A Study of Martyrs. Blog Thread by Mari Saurgo on www.makingsenseofjihad.com

In January 2008, Al-Fajr Media Center, an al-Qaida affiliated media group, released an extensive issue in its series, “Biographies of the Martyrs in the Land of Khorasan.”

*[Book] My Life with the Taliban. Abdul Salam Zaeef/Alex Strick van Linschoten/Felix Kuehn, to be published on January 31 2010.

“…presents a unique insight into the worldview of the Taliban.”

]]> http://rugpundits.com/2009/12/04/sufilore-1-which-way-taliban/feed/ 1 The Life of two foreigners in Kandahar http://rugpundits.com/2009/10/21/the-life-of-two-foreigners-in-kandahar/ http://rugpundits.com/2009/10/21/the-life-of-two-foreigners-in-kandahar/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:48:35 +0000 Florian Stambula http://pakchronicle.com/?p=128 Most interesting article of two western foreigners living in Kandahar, the heart of Taliban resistance. They report about he boredom of sitting in their flat, because leaving would be too dangerous, but also about the thrill living so close to the “faltline” of history.

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