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The book traces the rise of Quetta Shura influence, the emergence of alternative power centers, and the ensuing crisis and tactical reorientation. It evaluates organisational change and the difficult resurgence of central leadership, concluding with the challenge of centralising an anti-centralist movement.","THE TALIBAN AT WAR, 2001–2018  \nANTONIO GIUSTOZZI  \nThe Taliban at War  \n2001–2018  \nHURST & COMPANY, LONDON  \nFirst published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by  \nC. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,  \n41 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PL  \n© Antonio Giustozzi, 2019 All rights reserved.  \nPrinted in India  \nThe right of Antonio Giustozzi to be identified as the author of this publication is asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.  \nA Cataloguing-in-Publication data record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN: 9781787381322 [www.hurstpublishers.com](www.hurstpublishers.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgements vii  \nIntroduction 1  \n1. The Collapse of the Emirate and the Early Regrouping, 2002–4 17  \n2. The Apogeum of the Quetta Shura, 2005–9 43  \n3. The Emergence of Alternative Centres of Power to Quetta 77  \n4. The Crisis of the Quetta Shura 2009–13 109  \n5. The Taliban’s Tactical Adaptation 133  \n6. Organisational Adaptation 159  \n7. The Troubled Comeback of the Quetta Shura 2014- 197  \n8. Conclusion: The Impossible Centralisation of an  \nAnti-Centralist Movement 237  \nEpilogue 251  \nAnnex 1: Figures 259  \nAnnex 2: Maps 271  \nAnnex 3: Tables 275  \nNotes 279  \nIndex 355  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nThis book is the result of a research project carried out with King’s College London (KCL) and funded by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (or ESRC, with the project entitled ‘The Taliban’s War: The Other Side of the Afghan Conflict, 2001–2015,’ ESRC Grant ES/L008041/1). Thanks to the ESRC’s support, it was possible to carry out extensive fieldwork. The project was carried out with the support of Professor Theo Farrell, then Head of the War Studies Department at KCL (he has since moved on), whose help was invaluable in preparing the proposal to the ESRC and who then steered the research effort towards its timely and successful completion. Professor Farrell also contributed to the processing of the interview transcripts, played a key role in quality control and enforced ethical and safety standards. Finally, he commented extensively on the first version of the manuscript.  \nThe book has also benefited from work completed for related projects, covering specific aspects of the Taliban’s activities and organisation. This includes another project carried out with Professor Farrell on the Taliban in Helmand, which provided the model for this book, and important work carried out with Claudio Franco in 2011–14 on the Taliban’s Peshawar Shura.  \nThe author thanks all those involved, especially the Afghan researchers, who for safety reasons will remain unnamed, as well as all those in KCL’s administration who supported the research effort. Many thanks also to all who commented on the text, in particular Professor Thomas H. Johnson atthe Naval Postgraduate School and other anonymous reviewers. The author also wishes to thank Michael Dwyer and everybody else at Hurst Publishers.  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nThe author furthermore thanks all those who contributed to the development of his ideas and views on the subject in countless meetings, workshops and conferences. They are far too numerous to be individually mentioned here.  \nNaturally, the author assumes all responsibility for the analysis contained in this text, and any errors remain his own.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe Taliban Emirate, established in 1996, was in 2001 overthrown relatively easily by a coalition of US forces and various Afghan anti-Taliban groups. Few at the end of 2001 expected to hear again from the Taliban, except in the annals of history. Even as signs emerged in 2003 of a Taliban comeback, in the shape of an insurgency against the post-2001 Afghan government and its international sponsors, many did not take it seriously. 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