Thursday, July 31, 2008

Taliban winning propaganda battle in Afghanistan

Canada, the United States and other countries with military forces in Afghanistan are losing a propaganda battle to a resurgent Taliban movement, a respected international think tank says.

The Afghan insurgency's military capabilities are often overestimated, but a sophisticated multi-media propaganda campaign is projecting a Taliban movement that is increasingly confident of its ability to exploit opponents' weaknesses.

The insurgency is also gaining support among Afghan people who once rejected it... [snip]

"Using the full range of media, [the Taliban] is successfully tapping into strains of Afghan nationalism and exploiting policy failures by the Kabul government and its international backers, ..."
[Q: how in the world do Taliban tribesmen beat the West at modern-media campaigns? A: political correctness.]

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