If you haven't read it yet, go read New York Times At War blogger Stephen Farrell's first-person account of his kidnapping by the Taliban -- and the death of his Afghan colleague, Sultan Munadi.
It's heartbreaking stuff. But equally important, Farrell's involuntary "embed" provides a glimpse of the insurgent organization in northern Afghanistan. With a keen eye for detail, Farrell notes everything from the Taliban's operational security (abysmal), their equipment and financing (marginal) and their control of parts of Kunduz Province (near absolute).
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