Anne Stenersen: "Al-Qaeda’s Allies: Explaining the Relationship Between Al-Qaeda and Various Factions of the Taliban After 2001", Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative Policy Paper, New America Foundation, April 2010.
(2010).Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative Policy Paper
"This paper examines the nature of the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban after 2001, which is complex because neither the Taliban nor al-Qaeda is a homogenous actor. Rather, each is a network of like-minded groups and individuals that answer, to some degree or other, to a centralized leadership." Les hele notatet.