"On War #325: How the Taliban Take a Village (Lind/Sexton)"
http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/...indsexton.html
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TALIBAN CAN CONTROL WITH FEW FIGHTERS
The Taliban method requires relatively few of their own personnel. Its strength is in the local subversion of the most basic levels of village organization and life. It is also a decentralized approach.
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Yes -- as well as what US, Strine
and Kiwis were doing in many units in Wiet Nam. Nothing new, just takes decent training and will...
As well, as patience and multi-year "tours" ...
I don't think the Taliban have the concept of rotations.
What I found interesting is how the Taliban adapted the three-sided village structure to their own purposes by subversion and infiltration. Use what is locally available before importing goods - so to speak.
Regards
Mike