U.S. Marines search for improvised explosive devices in Mian Poshteh, Helmand Province, in Afghanistan on Nov. 27. (Photo: Manpreet Romana/ AFP-Getty Images)
Now that we know the administration’s new strategy for Afghanistan, what is the Taliban strategy against the United States? Such a question is warranted to be able to project the clash between the two strategies and assess the accuracy of present U.S. policies in the confrontation with the forces it is fighting against in that part of the world. How might the Taliban/al-Qaeda war room counter NATO and the Afghan government based on the Obama administration’s battle plan?
Strategic perceptions
The jihadi war room is now aware that the administration has narrowed its scope to defeat the al-Qaeda organization while limiting its goal to depriving the Taliban from achieving full victory, i.e. depriving them “from the momentum.” In strategic wording this means that the administration won’t give the time and the means, let alone the necessary long-term commitment to fully defeat the Taliban as a militia and militant network.
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The Taliban’s Counter Strategy
