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Cooking the books: strategic inflation of casualty reports by extremists in the Afghanistan conflict / Lundry, Chris; Corman, Steven R; Furlow, R Bennett; Errickson, Kirk W

Corman, Steven R	Journal Article
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2012.

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Islamist extremists in Afghanistan and elsewhere are exaggerating their successes in inflicting casualties on American and other International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces. This article quantifies the exaggeration for the month of November 2010, putting the claimed casualty rate at approximately one-half battalion per month. It provides an analysis of how and why this is occurring, and links this extremist strategic communication effort to dominant historical master narratives in the region that may produce sympathy among intended recipients of the messages. The authors argue that these measures undertaken by the extremists can be countered successfully through the use of similar story forms, more timely reporting, use of side-by-side comparisons, and use of similar reporting venues. These steps could challenge the credibility of the Taliban reports, reduce sympathy, and diminish potential recruitment.

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Afghanistan ; Extremists ; Afghanistan Conflict ; International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ; Extremist Strategic Communication

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ID: 157326

GIS Analysis of Afghanistan Conflict on Central Asian Energy Routes for South Asia / Dara, Sudhir Kumar ; Dhaka, Ambrish ; Garhwal, Sudhir Kumar

Dhaka, Ambrish	Journal Article
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The Central Asian neighbourhood of Afghanistan consists of large energy resources with sizeable volumes of hydrocarbon reserves present in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan bordering the eastern and southern part of the Caspian Sea. The hydel and geo-thermal energy sources present in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have gained attention in the light of electricity transmission possibility through Wakshan corridor in Badakhshan region of Afghanistan.

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South Asia ; Afghanistan Conflict ; GIS Analysis ; Central Asian Energy Routes

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ID: 093071

Taliban organisation in Pakistan / Zaidi, Syed Manzar

Zaidi, Syed Manzar	Journal Article
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2009.

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Conflict ; Taliban ; Militant - Pakistan ; Taliban Organization ; Pakistan Taliban ; Afghanistan Conflict ;
Pakistan - 1967-1977

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