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082			_aPamphlet DS 371.412 .D74 2008/ + /PDF /(1.48MB)
100			_aDressler, Jeffrey.
245			_aThe Quetta Shura Taliban in southern Afghanistan : organization, operations, and shadow governance / Jeffrey Dressler, Carl Forsberg.
260			_aWashington, DC : Institute for the Study of War, 2009.
300			_a11 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
440			_v(Backgrounder
440			_v Institute for the Study of War)
500			_aCaption title.
500			_a“Institute for the study of war”—at head of title.
500			_a“December 21, 2009”.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references—(p. 10-11).
500			_a“Portions of this paper have been compiled from Securing Helmand: Understanding and Responding to the Enemy and The Taliban's Campaign for Kandahar”—(p. 1).
500			_aSummary: “The Quetta Shura Taliban is sophisticated, resourceful, and fully-entrenched in many of Afghanistan's southern, western, and northern provinces. Perhaps the most glaring failure of the eight-year long war effort has been underestimating the enemy in Afghanistan. The QST has demonstrated their ability to adapt, institute lessons learned, and best practices. Indeed, QST are an entirely different enemy in both form and function than they were just years ago. With designs on seizing all of Afghanistan, mirrored in historical events, it is all the more necessary to seize the initiative from this formidable foe”—(p. 9).
650			_aTaliban.
650			_aAfghanistan – Politics and government – 1989-2001.
650			_aAfghanistan – History --2001-.
700			_aForsberg, Carl.
856			_uhttp://www.understandingwar.org/files/QuettaShuraTaliban_1.pdf _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_acku_pamphlet_ds_371_412_d74_2008 _z(accessed in 8 March 2010). _qPDF
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