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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
to build on Lanny's point even within the Taliban there may not be a cohesive structure, more like a group of quasi-independant warlords IMO
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I think that I'm going to argue your point, but the Taliban is a classic terrorist organization that is split into cells but its still over ruled by a revolutionary council and has a defacto head. Its not a warlord driven organization.
Eric Margolis wrote a facinating book on Afghanistan titled the war on top of the world where it goes into the founding and rise to power of the Taliban. You can also read "Who's war is it anyways" by Jack Granenstein (Sp) that lays out a brief history of Afghanistan itself.