How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movement's extraordinary military operation relies on financial backing. This volume analyses such funding. The Taliban's external sources of support include foreign governments and non-state groups, both of which have affected the Taliban's military campaigns and internal politics. Secondly, this is the first full-length study of the Taliban to acknowledge and discuss in detail the movement's polycentric character. Here not only the Quetta Shura, but also the Haqqani Network and the Taliban's other centers of power, are afforded the attention they deserve.

The Taliban at War is based on extensive field research, including hundreds of interviews with Taliban members at all levels of the organization, community elders in Taliban-controlled areas, and other sources. It covers the Taliban insurgency from its first manifestations in 2002 up to the end of 2015. The five-month Battle of Kunduz epitomized the ongoing transition of the Taliban from an insurgent group to a more conventional military force, intent on fighting a protracted civil war.

In this latest book, renowned Afghanistan expert Antonio Giustozzi rounds off his twenty years of studying the Taliban with an authoritative study detailing the evolution of its formidable military machine.

塔利班是如何发动战争的？其战争随着时间的推移有什么变化？首先，该运动非同寻常的军事行动依靠的是财政支持。本卷分析了这种资金。塔利班的外部支持来源包括外国政府和非国家团体，这两者都影响了塔利班的军事行动和内部政治。其次，这是第一部关于塔利班的长篇研究，承认并详细讨论了该运动的多中心特征。在这里，不仅奎达舒拉，而且哈卡尼网络和塔利班的其他权力中心，都得到了应有的关注。

战争中的塔利班》基于广泛的实地研究，包括对塔利班各级组织成员、塔利班控制区的社区长老和其他来源的数百次采访。它涵盖了塔利班叛乱从2002年的最初表现到2015年底的情况。为期五个月的昆都士战役是塔利班从一个叛乱团体向一支更常规的军事力量不断过渡的缩影，他们打算打一场持久的内战。

在这本最新的书中，著名的阿富汗问题专家安东尼奥-朱斯托奇（Antonio Giustozzi）为他二十年来对塔利班的研究画上了一个句号，详细介绍了其强大的军事机器的演变。