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But just like with many other insurgent groups, there is often way too much... mystique afforded to the drug economies. What competent, even moderately competent insurgents and, frankly, criminal groups do, is to simply tax anything in the area, where they have enough influence to be able to enforce the collection of informal taxation. – Vanda Felbab-Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Clearly drugs are a very important aspect of the Taliban's profits, but just like with many other insurgent groups, there is often way too much... mystique afforded to the drug economies. What competent, even moderately competent insurgents and, frankly, criminal groups do, is to simply tax anything in the area, where they have enough influence to be able to enforce the collection of informal taxation. – Vanda Felbab-Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
General Austin experience in fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to deterring and, if necessary, defeating a near-peer competitor. – Oriana Skylar Mastro	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Under the current political circumstances, we have difficulties solving some issues - such as the (order) that the government must ensure its military or armed insurgents do not commit genocide or attempt to commit genocide against Rohingya or Bengali. – Myo Nyunt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Taliban insurgents attacked our security outposts on Sunday but faced fierce resistance from Afghan forces and were pushed back. – Omar Zwak	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Daesh are entrenched, Falluja has been a problem for the new Iraq from the beginning; before it was the base of al-Qaeda, of the insurgents, nobody can give you a definitive time when Falluja will be cleared of Daesh. – Hoshiyar Zebari	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The government is angry about the leak, as are the insurgents, the insurgents are not currently willing to negotiate for the girls following the government's alleged bad faith in previous negotiations. – Fulan Nasrullah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The insurgents are not currently willing to negotiate for the girls following the government's alleged bad faith in previous negotiations. – Fulan Nasrullah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Atrocities by the Taliban and other insurgents are no excuse for the government to deploy abusive militias or fail to hold the security forces accountable for violations. – Patricia Gossman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This incident was well planned and coordinated by the insurgents. – Pramote Prom-in	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is the first experience for Afghan forces to battle insurgents inside a major city, they might not have such training and that's why they were confused and did not know what to do. – Abdul Wadud Paiman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There were enough troops inside Kunduz city, but the insurgents used some route deemed not that sensitive, our forces arrived there on time, but we had to take extra care not to cause civilian casualties. – Murad Ali Murad	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated IEDs (improvised explosive devices) at a mosque in Ajilari and some insurgents also threw IEDs at a viewing center, total casualty figure is now 54. – Victor Isuku	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Afghan insurgents enemy is the U.S.-backed Afghan government, there are some Islamic countries which are also standing alongside The Afghan insurgents enemies. – Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All of these insurgents we encountered that day had been fully militarized. – Sergio Silva	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are no formal negotiations going on now between the current government and the insurgents for the release of the girls as such. – Fred Eno	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Preliminary contacts were made with the insurgents by those ... involved in the previous negotiations, with a view to reviving the deal we struck last time, they (Boko Haram) have responded in the affirmative and so various channels are being explored. – Fred Eno	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It does seem that Russia is supporting the insurgents and does seem that there are Russian troops inside Ukraine. – Ken Hackett	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have waited for a long time for the government to push back the insurgents, but it didn't happen, the government came forward and asked us to help them to root them (the Taliban) out. We had some old weapons, and the government gave us some new ones. – Masood Chardara	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our thinking was that every other place should have been blocked so that the insurgency would be curtailed to a restricted area, but that has not been the case because the insurgents have been fleeing to other communities. – Zannah Umar Mustapha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The conflict has had a devastating impact on children, including many who were forcibly recruited by the insurgents in Nigeria. – Liz Ahua	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The military were on ground when Boko Haram came and took over our town. The same military has recaptured our land now, but we aren't sure that the insurgents won't come back. – Zira Yohanna	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
He served his so-called motherland for 12 years. They threw him into the toughest areas, into the mountains to fight insurgents. He was a model fighter with a heap of state medals, and for them (the authorities) to use him for their own ends and to accuse him so harshly? ... I don't want anybody to use us for their own ends. – Aimani Dadayeva	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

But just like with many other insurgent groups, there is often way too much... mystique afforded to the drug economies. What competent, even moderately competent insurgents and, frankly, criminal groups do, is to simply tax anything in the area, where they have enough influence to be able to enforce the collection of informal taxation.

– Vanda Felbab-Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Clearly drugs are a very important aspect of the Taliban's profits, but just like with many other insurgent groups, there is often way too much... mystique afforded to the drug economies. What competent, even moderately competent insurgents and, frankly, criminal groups do, is to simply tax anything in the area, where they have enough influence to be able to enforce the collection of informal taxation.

– Vanda Felbab-Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

General Austin experience in fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to deterring and, if necessary, defeating a near-peer competitor.

– Oriana Skylar Mastro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Under the current political circumstances, we have difficulties solving some issues - such as the (order) that the government must ensure its military or armed insurgents do not commit genocide or attempt to commit genocide against Rohingya or Bengali.

– Myo Nyunt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Taliban insurgents attacked our security outposts on Sunday but faced fierce resistance from Afghan forces and were pushed back.

– Omar Zwak

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Daesh are entrenched, Falluja has been a problem for the new Iraq from the beginning; before it was the base of al-Qaeda, of the insurgents, nobody can give you a definitive time when Falluja will be cleared of Daesh.

– Hoshiyar Zebari

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The government is angry about the leak, as are the insurgents, the insurgents are not currently willing to negotiate for the girls following the government's alleged bad faith in previous negotiations.

– Fulan Nasrullah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The insurgents are not currently willing to negotiate for the girls following the government's alleged bad faith in previous negotiations.

– Fulan Nasrullah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Atrocities by the Taliban and other insurgents are no excuse for the government to deploy abusive militias or fail to hold the security forces accountable for violations.

– Patricia Gossman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This incident was well planned and coordinated by the insurgents.

– Pramote Prom-in

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is the first experience for Afghan forces to battle insurgents inside a major city, they might not have such training and that's why they were confused and did not know what to do.

– Abdul Wadud Paiman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There were enough troops inside Kunduz city, but the insurgents used some route deemed not that sensitive, our forces arrived there on time, but we had to take extra care not to cause civilian casualties.

– Murad Ali Murad

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated IEDs (improvised explosive devices) at a mosque in Ajilari and some insurgents also threw IEDs at a viewing center, total casualty figure is now 54.

– Victor Isuku

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Afghan insurgents enemy is the U.S.-backed Afghan government, there are some Islamic countries which are also standing alongside The Afghan insurgents enemies.

– Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All of these insurgents we encountered that day had been fully militarized.

– Sergio Silva

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are no formal negotiations going on now between the current government and the insurgents for the release of the girls as such.

– Fred Eno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Preliminary contacts were made with the insurgents by those ... involved in the previous negotiations, with a view to reviving the deal we struck last time, they (Boko Haram) have responded in the affirmative and so various channels are being explored.

– Fred Eno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It does seem that Russia is supporting the insurgents and does seem that there are Russian troops inside Ukraine.

– Ken Hackett

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have waited for a long time for the government to push back the insurgents, but it didn't happen, the government came forward and asked us to help them to root them (the Taliban) out. We had some old weapons, and the government gave us some new ones.

– Masood Chardara

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our thinking was that every other place should have been blocked so that the insurgency would be curtailed to a restricted area, but that has not been the case because the insurgents have been fleeing to other communities.

– Zannah Umar Mustapha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The conflict has had a devastating impact on children, including many who were forcibly recruited by the insurgents in Nigeria.

– Liz Ahua

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The military were on ground when Boko Haram came and took over our town. The same military has recaptured our land now, but we aren't sure that the insurgents won't come back.

– Zira Yohanna

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

He served his so-called motherland for 12 years. They threw him into the toughest areas, into the mountains to fight insurgents. He was a model fighter with a heap of state medals, and for them (the authorities) to use him for their own ends and to accuse him so harshly? ... I don't want anybody to use us for their own ends.

– Aimani Dadayeva

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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