Articles of the Week – 8/14-8/20

Monday August 16:

From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis – Kabir Taneja, GNET: https://bit.ly/3AXx9lL

How Jihadi Salafists Sometimes Breach, But Mostly Circumvent, Facebook’s Community Standards in Crisis, Identity & Solution Frames – Catherine Bouko, Pieter Van Ostaeyen, and Pierre Voué, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3D4n2gT

Legitimation through Collectivization: Al Qaeda and US Discourses on the Use of Force – Bárbara Motta and David P. Succi Junior, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3z6hZKn

Wednesday August 18:

Exposure to Extremist Content and Public Sympathy for ISIS – Suleyman Ozeren, Suat Cubukcu, and Gabriel Cash, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2UD5Yxg

Will Afghanistan Become a Terrorist Safe Haven Again? – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3gCsePJ

This Is Not The Taliban 2.0 – Graeme Wood, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/37ZstPZ

Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: The Jihadist State of Play – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3zb36Xy

Friday August 20:

The Past, Present, and Future of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan – Abdul Sayed, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/3j0CwKY