The more the Taliban become pragmatic, the more they're going to lose people, and that's what ISIS is counting on - Kamran Bokhari

Taliban are now gearing into pragmatism because they have to govern.

This is a fluidic battle space ... hardliners can become disillusioned very easily if Taliban start to make compromises on ideology.

We saw this in Syria. There were multiple groups that were not ISIS but they lost a lot of fighters to ISIS over the years.

There are always going to be people who sympathize with this project. - Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi