The Taliban just released their answer to the US Counter Insurgency Field Manual. The American version, written in 2006, stressed the reduction of civilian casualties in an effort to win Afghan "hearts and minds" in the war against al-Qaeda, and more recently the Taliban.The Taliban's new manual, written in Pashto, and titled "Mujahideen Manual" (see the cover above), details its code of conduct for Taliban fighters. In what is good news for civilians and most foreign workers, and bad news for American and ISAF forces, the manual encourages limiting attacks to high profile targets, and lowering civilian casualties.
Al-Jazeera has posted excerpts from the Taliban manual on their site. You can access their story here.
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