"Since seizing Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban have introduced a extra reasonable face, saying they need peace, is not going to take revenge towards previous enemies and can respect the rights of girls inside the framework of Islamic legislation. But Dr...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: "'Sumber daya ini sudah dilaporkan pada tahun 90-an dan mereka (Taliban) tidak dapat mengekstraknya,' kata Hans-Jakob Schindler, direktur senior di Proyek Kontra Ekstremisme, kepada DW."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "'Sumber daya ini ada di bumi pada tahun 90-an juga dan mereka [Taliban] tidak dapat mengekstraknya,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, Direktur Senior di Proyek Kontra Ekstremisme, mengatakan kepada DW."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "'Sumber daya ini ada di bumi pada tahun 90-an juga dan mereka (Taliban) tidak dapat mengekstraknya,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, Direktur Senior di Proyek Kontra Ekstremisme, mengatakan kepada DW."

"Since seizing Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban have presented a more moderate face, saying they want peace, will not take revenge against old enemies and will respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law. But Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler...

"[Sir Ivor] Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit network that researches extremist groups, said he was surprised at the move. 'I thought from the PR point of view, the Taliban was being a bit smarter than that,' he...

"Worse, the fear is, in the age of 'over the horizon' counterterrorism, those threats will intensify. The notion that Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is eliminated is 'dangerously mistaken,' says Nathan Sales, former ambassador at large for Counterterrorism...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "Despite the Taliban’s assurances, recent reports emphasise that they remain closely aligned with al-Qaeda and a range of al-Qaeda affiliated terror groups operating in Afghanistan. The Taliban have...

"'One of the main problems was that you were unable to get the resources out of the country without a private army to secure them against the Taliban,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project."

"'These resources were in the ground in the 90s too and they [the Taliban] weren't able to extract them," Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, told DW. 'One has to remain very skeptical of their ability to grow the...