S2 Book Club: Out of the Mountains
…fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan until it becomes uh rapidly apparent that Isis are the worst Kids on the Block so we're going to start uh taking out Isis for the Taliban but we see…
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Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 123
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…In certain circumstances the
US can provide direct combat support, such as support to the French Resistance in World
War II, the Afghanistan Northern Alliance to remove the Taliban in 2001-2002, or for
NATO’s…
The Wire - August 18, 2026
…In the same area, the Rose Park Taliban (a gang formed from the children of refugees from the Middle East) also maintains some presence, and is allied with the Bloods. Back in March, a Rose Park…
Intel Update - March 28 - Casino of War
…Even in Afghanistan, when we were getting shot at all the time, no one was considered a Taliban sympathizer, right, for realizing that the Taliban fighters were doing what they had to do. That was their…
The Wire - September 2, 2024
…us persons into hostages slightly more realistically if an evacuation of American citizens is necessary even the Taliban would be more likely to work with the US government to secure an evacuation than Maduro at this…
The Wire - November 11, 2025
Tehrik-e-Taliban - Pakistan (otherwise known as TTP, or the main Taliban faction operating within Pakistan) claimed responsibility for the attack. Analyst Comment: Immediately following this explosion (which is the worst Islamabad has experienced in many…
The Wire - November 10, 2025
…In short, India backs the Taliban in Afghanistan, while Pakistan backs ISIS-K (which oppose the Taliban) in Afghanistan as well. As such, it's very likely that this attack is the latest development in the…
The Combat Intelligence Cycle
…a lot of radio chatter from the roof of the talk you also know from experience the Taliban fighters have been collecting taxes from locals in this region and a lot of the goat paths coming…
Intel Update - November 16 - Hope and Realism
…places like Afghanistan where you have a provincial governor and then you have a shadow Governor the talibans governor for the same district so you've got the actual like Afghan leader who's elected right…
The Factional State of America
…identity but they will join a group for security's sake for instance the taliban in afghanistan right you know the taliban did not force people to you know get rid of their political or or…
Jan 20 Intel Update: Cables and Corruption
…being conducted by the taliban in afghanistan lots of different military academies that they have set up since the fall of afghanistan lots of special forces units being stood up the taliban is most certainly not…
The Ever Given Incident, and Why it Matters
…were building the pipeline the country has plunged into full-on tribal war once again with the taliban and other groups controlling most of the official government and almost the entirety of the land mass of…
Energy: The Boring Logistical Stuff
ation as well just ask the taliban how it worked out for them to put up solar panels on extremely remote mountain tops far from where people are supposed to be living in remote areas you…
The Other Side of COIN: Analyzing Civilian Cities (ASCOPE and PMESII)
…a certain place at a certain time on a certain day that's militarily useful even the Taliban in Afghanistan use this to their advantage during that war they knew that the a a the Afghan…
The Wire - November 1, 2023
…Pakistan begins the process of deporting hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees who fled the country following the Taliban takeover two years ago. Last month, Pakistan announced that by Nov 1, all undocumented persons within the…
Military manual · ATP 2-33.4
ATP 2-33.4, page 121
Intelligence Analysis
Army Techniques Publication: Intelligence Analysis
…For example, given a list of Afghanistan provinces, with a generalized indicator list for
Taliban use of criminal enterprises, the analyst can determine which provinces (in prioritized order with
rationale) are most dangerous to the Afghan…
Spot the Lie
…Like for instance, you could have an information source that is confirmed to be working for, let's say, the Taliban. So you bring him in and he willingly tells you where the Taliban are hiding…
Military manual · ATP 2-33.4
ATP 2-33.4, page 57
Intelligence Analysis
Army Techniques Publication: Intelligence Analysis
…Brainstorming is also effective in developing recommendations for
information collection and targeting strategies. (For example, an analytical team in Afghanistan may
conduct a brainstorming session to develop observables and indicators for Taliban shadow government
activities in…
The Wire - October 15, 2025
…The conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan flared up again overnight, before both sides agreed to another ceasefire. Despite the various statements of ceasefire by both sides, random skirmishes continue. Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Kabul once…
"Popeye" How to Use Weather to Hide from Drones
…to avoid aerial surveillance well we can certainly take a page out of our adversaries books the taliban al qaeda isis and countless other groups have been aware of this for decades and as such most…