Bill, sounds about right.

A man acts out in an act of personal resistance. He then flees and is taken in by the revolutionary Taliban leadership in Quetta. Not planned by the revolution, but rather leveraged and encouraged by the revolution after the fact.

Of course we don't recognize this distinction within the insurgency of personal/community resistance that is a response to our presence and actions; vice the revolutionary insurgency that is political and a response to our empowering the Northern Alliance into power and then working to sustain them there.

Instead we focus on "urban vs rural" or "Quetta Shura vs Haqqani," etc. True distinctions, but not particularly helpful in shaping our understanding or more effective solutions. Our blaming these events on lack of cultural understanding is equally true, but largely irrelevant and unhelpful.

I believe this guy's assessment is correct, however. there will be more of this.