TY - BOOK AU - Van Linschoten,Alex Strick TI - Lessons learnt : : “Islamic, independent, prefect and strong” : parsing the Taliban’s strategic intentions, 2001-2011 / T2 - (AHRC public policy series No 3) AV - Pamphlet DS371.4. V365 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Wiltshire, England : PB - Art and Humanities Research Council KW - Taliban KW - Afghanistan KW - Afghan War, 2001- KW - Internal security KW - Afghanistan. KW - Peace-building KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Afghanistan KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- N1 - Cover title N2 - Summary: “This paper aims to answer the question of what the Taliban wants. In doing so it illuminates some important points about the Taliban as an organization-it is neither a unified nor a static organization. The fluidity of people of influence within the Taliban, the shifts in view that can be seen to be core to it, and the mystery…”—(page 4) ER -