Taliban Publishes First Military Field Manual
By ISAMBARD WILKINSON and ASHRAF ALI
The Daily Telegraph
August 16, 2007
The Taliban has published its first military field manual detailing how to spring ambushes, run spies, and conduct an insurgency against coalition forces in Afghanistan. At 144 pages, “Military Teachings — for the Preparation of Mujahideen,” is a detailed how-to book on subjects ranging from tactics and weapons to building training camps and spycraft.
The guide, which is similar in its aims to British and American military field manuals, was obtained by the Daily Telegraph from a source in Pakistan who claimed to be close to the Taliban. Its cover bears the image of two crossed swords and the Koran — the symbol of the Taliban’s ousted government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
The book, written in the Pashto language, “will soon be made available to the commanders in Afghanistan as well as its adjacent tribal areas in Pakistan,” the source said. He added that copies of the manual had been circulated to the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur. Its publication highlights the extent of the Taliban’s revival six years after it was deposed by an American-led invasion.
“This is the first of its kind and shows a significant level of organization,” said Brigadier Mahmood Shah, a retired military intelligence officer who was in charge of security in the tribal areas.
Brigadier Shah said “soft” Pakistani government policy toward the pro-Taliban militants had allowed them to flourish in the lawless ethnic Pashtun tribal areas that straddle the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Maulana Nek Zaman, an MP from North Waziristan, where security forces and local pro-Taliban militants are engaged in daily skirmishes, said the manual had a potentially large readership. “It is not a case of just Taliban who are fighting but all the tribes are resisting because they have been attacked,” he said.
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Phase I - Dear leaders give young savages book.
Phase II - Dear leaders teach young savages how to read.
Phase III - Dear leaders send young savages out to die.
Phase IV - Dear leaders give new young savages book…
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August 16th, 2007 at 8:06 amThe tribes? Good name for 7th century losers? Fuck him. Hit em high, hit em low…And get Musharaff off of his ass….
August 16th, 2007 at 8:20 amPS. I wonder who has the copy of that manual? Wanna bet the SOF and the Pentagon are already passing it around?
August 16th, 2007 at 8:29 amKill’em all.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:58 amI wonder if their manual also shows them how to bend over and kiss their asses goodbye!
August 16th, 2007 at 10:23 amThe tribes, you have to laugh.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:31 am