What Is The 'State Of Mind' Of the Taliban

U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Foley, front, Sgts. Brent Crutchfield and Craig McComsey, and Romanian soldiers leave the village of Haji Sultan, Afghanistan, after conducting a joint assessment, Feb. 16, 2012. Foley, Crutchfield, and McComsey are assigned to the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Daniel Bohmer

Reading Into The ‘State Of The Taliban’ -- Rod Nordland and Alissa Rubin, New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Last month a report compiled for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force by special operations interrogators provided a negative view of the alliance’s prospects — in the view of Taliban prisoners.

The full text of that NATO report, State of the Taliban January 6, 2012, has not previously been published, although excerpts have appeared on the Web sites of the BBC and The Times of London, who both first reported it. Then the report was obtained by The New York Times, and the following has been copied from that. This is the full text but without photographs and graphics, which have been redacted by The Times in order to protect the source of the original document. In keeping with the Geneva Conventions, The Times has also removed the names of detainees.

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WNU Editor: Read the full, annotated report here.

What's my take .... the Taliban are not demoralized at all. After-all .... as far as the more fanatical followers are concerned .... they have God on their side.