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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary So where do you think insurgents come from? holes in the ground? the insurgents must be appealing to the people not only to be viable but to get more insurgents.

Of course, an insurgency has to have grassroots support to continue. Fighters need food, shelter, information, and many other resources to make continued operations possible. However, as I don't see the Taliban providing any kinds of benefits to the Afghanis (please provide any source stating otherwise), I'd say the way they're "appealing to the people" is through terror and threats, which was their systematic method during their reign.

Also, remember that much of the Taliban were actually Pakistanis or dislocated Afghanis that had been living as refugees in Pakistan as a result of the nearly twenty years of conflict that started with the Soviet invasion in 1979.