Taliban/al-Qaida Afghanistan strategy: Destabilize and prevail: "If one can put the strategy of al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in a nutshell, it can be described as destabilize and prevail. It may sound simple, but it is potent in the sense that as long as that terrorist group succeeds in destabilizing the government of interim President Hamid Karzai, it can not only create sentiments of defeat and dejection among representatives and supporters of the current government, but also sustain a sense of high hope and optimism among its own supporters that their victory is only around the corner. "

Taliban/al-Qaida Afghanistan strategy: Destabilize and prevail: "If one can put the strategy of al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in a nutshell, it can be described as destabilize and prevail. It may sound simple, but it is potent in the sense that as long as that terrorist group succeeds in destabilizing the government of interim President Hamid Karzai, it can not only create sentiments of defeat and dejection among representatives and supporters of the current government, but also sustain a sense of high hope and optimism among its own supporters that their victory is only around the corner. "