Taliban’s PSYOP – strategic enabler for the 2021 offensive

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Authors	BURDA Robin
Year of publication	2023
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Small Wars & Insurgencies
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Web	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592318.2023.2245209
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2023.2245209
Keywords	Taliban; PSYOP; offensive; Twitter
Description	The paper focuses primarily on the Taliban’s psychological operations (PSYOP) during their offensive in 2021. The unexpected rapidity of the Taliban’s advance led to a question about the role of the Taliban’s PSYOP during the offensive, which is the primary research problem. The paper is not only an intrinsic case study, but also an instrumental part of a broader research of PSYOP of non-state armed actors. The analysis showed that PSYOP played a key role primarily before and after the offensive, while during the Taliban’s advance, their role was secondary to the use of conventional warfare.
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