The Taliban collection (2006 onwards)

[davidbfpo]

Today there's a variety of commentaries after the Taliban finally announce their leader died sometime ago, two years maybe and in a presumably comfortable villa in a Pakistani city, Quetta and Karachi being mentioned.

A selection made by Shashank Joshi (RUSI):https://shashankjoshi.wordpress.com/...r-mullah-omar/

He includes IMHO the best expert, Michael Semple:http://www.politico.eu/article/the-m...stan-politics/

The Soufan Group:http://soufangroup.com/tsg-intelbrie...f-mullah-omar/

On Twitter Ali Soufan pointedly remarked so much for technical intelligence, Mullah Omar has been dead for two years and oh for a reliable human source.

This the thread on Afghan politics, which includes talking to the Taliban (by the Afghan state and IIRC ISAF):http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=21567

There is an older thread just on the Taliban:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=5299

Just what it means for Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Taliban is a moot point.