Analysis - Who Are The Taliban?

While the fighting in Afghanistan continues there is talk, too, of a negotiated peace. But do we really understand who the Taliban are, what they want and how they fit into Afghan society? Edward Stourton discovers what dealing with the Taliban would really mean. Contributors: Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani writer Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute Sam Zarifi, Asia Pacific director, Amnesty International Thomas Ruttig, former UN political director, Kabul Alex Van Linschote, Dutch writer Michael Semple, regional specialist on Afghanistan and Pakistan Felix Kuehn, writer Horia Mosadiq, Afghanistan researcher, Amnesty International.