Militant Groups

Last updated: 14 February 2011

The following resources provide information, data, and analysis on militant groups in Afghanistan:

  • Abbas, Hassan. "." Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel 2, no. 4 (1 April 2009).
  • Afsar, Shahid, Chris Sample, and Thomas Wood. "." Military Review; United States Army Combined Arms Command. May- June 2008.
  • Dorronsoro, Gilles. Who are the Taliban?. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 22 October 2009.
  • Dressler, Jeffrey. . Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of War, 28 June 2010.
  • Giustozzi, Antonio and Christoph Reuter. . Kabul: The Afghanistan Analysts Network, 24 June 2010.
  • ———. Al-Qaeda. Alexandria, VA: GlobalSecurity.org, 22 July 2004.
  • Jones, Seth G. "." In Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 37-39. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 9 June 2008.
  • Library of Canadian Parliament and Info Series. . Ottawa, ON: Library of Canadian Parliament, 5 December 2007.
  • Ruttig, Thomas. . Kabul: The Afghanistan Analysts Network, 29 June 2010.
  • Stenersen, Anne. Al-Qaeda's Allies: Explaining the Relationship between Al-Qaeda and various Factions of the Taliban After 2001. Sacramento, CA: New America Foundation, 19 April 2010.
  • ———. . Kjeller, Norway: Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), 5 February 2010.
  • Sude, Barbara. Al-Qaeda Central: An Assessment of the Threat Posed by the Terrorist Group Headquartered on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. Sacramento, CA: New America Foundation, 25 February 2010.
  • Vaughn, Bruce, Emma Chanlett-Avery, Ben Dolven, Mark E. Manyin, Michael F. Martin, and Larry A. Niksch. . Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 16 October 2009.