Case Study of Afghan Taliban

Presented by;
Humza
Ijaz
Madeeha
Sabeel
Saima
 1st and 2nd Condition

• Want To Topple the national government.

To control the territory (insurgents).
• Want to implement the Sharia the strict theology of
Islamic law (terrorists).
 3rd and 4th Condition

•Having Popular Support (insurgents).

•Hierarchical Structure and large

size of Organization (insurgents).
 5th and 6th Condition

Locally based organization,(Not Fully

Transnational)insurgents.

Conducting Attacks with both Tactics

i.e. Hit and Run / rare suicidal (both
insurgents and terrorists).
 7th and 8th Condition

Targets the both Regime and non-

Combatants(insurgents and terrorists).

War limited to the contested area but

Afghan Taliban do suicidal attacks in
Kabul(More insurgents, less terrorists).
 9th and 10th Condition

Non Expansionists.

Defacto bounded type

state.
 Conclusion

• After 9/11 terror attack they were called as terrorists but latterly, the study of
their organizational characteristics shows that Afghan Taliban are highly
organized insurgents that use tactics of attacks from both techniques of
insurgency and terrorism.