In this struggle,if u dont win the people,u dont win the war.Having lost public confidence,the taliban wants to repositiön their illusive intergrity.The world shuld not be mocked,threat in d middle east is a threat in the world and should be resisted.Aniebiet Udoette ,Nigeria

I wonder how the so call "code of conduct" can aton for the various crimes the group have committed against innocent citizens in the past. The document is intended as a face saving stuff and should be rejected in its entirety worldwide. The group has failed itself as it does not have mission or objective other than to kill and maim, all in the name of God.

Information is the only real tool they have in this war. If we don't maximise on the anti-Taliban sentiments while they are strongest and allow them to redeem themselves in the eyes of the people, then all the military wins we could implement would be useless in the long-term. We need to push all forms of information and psychological operations in order to accomplish this crucial task. We also need to stop pushing western forms of representative democracy; these tribal societies have maintained (excepting recent Taliban regimes) their own brand of tribal democracy where there is consensus at the lower group level and influence for governance by multiple executive modelled leadership is actioned on behalf of individuals and smaller groups. It worked for thousands of years and the only reason we shouldn't allow it to flourish now is because our own form is easier for us to deal with internationally. That's simply not good enough.

Talibans are a group of society misfits. Having lost all the value for sanity and dignity, hopelessely address themselves as Talibans, meaning one who is seeking religious knowledge. As their name implies, they are confirmed religious dummies who think they can enforce disciplines, bereft of discipline themselves.

The practise of religion connotes discipline and decorum, but to these religious lunatics, it depicts recklessness and disrespect for human values. For those who don't know what TALIBAN stands for, I am here to tell you. TALIBAN stands for RELIGIOUS DUMMIES who have neither respect for the sanctity of religion nor the dignity of life

This is their way of trying to establish a government authority without a legal means or approval. They will govern as sees fit. Which is beat into submission anyone who opposses them

Wow, it's about time!

Really, all of a sudden, strictly prohibited to sell prisoners, or kill civilians, or maim and disfigure people? I thought your so called 'freedom fighters' were always acting within religious law and stricture. Is this more of a... political change? How very Convenient.

Perhaps you should have considered these strictures many years ago, when all of these things were happening every day, every hour, and the perpetrators were treated as heroes.

Perhaps you should live by the TRUE word of the Koran, not the ugly crimes of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

The Talibans have been successful using Pashtuns tribesman and their emotions to promote Islam that has roots in Saudi Wahaabism but people who cultural differences to these brand of Islam has disassociated with Talibans and now Talibans are releasing all these manifestos to attract people that they are changing their ways which is to say that wolf is trying act like a sheep.

They won't negotiate peace and even if they do, their word is a word of satan.

What about the 90% of the Taliban that are illiterate? Do they get an illustrated pictogram version? Or a video with cartoons?

taliban are repositioning and coming to the understanding that the heart and mind is the key to have a viable resistance against the nato and kharzai goverment, but lets not give them credit much, its actually more of strategy and public relation than actual code of behaviour. taliban is a decentralized group of men who somehow dont have comon aim or set of goals but are united in fighting the status quo. its more about bringing the troop in line with actual taliban (mula omar style) to fender off any chance of them being splited.
also it wants to be viable alternative to the current goverment which is almost unable to provide basic amenities to its population thus its somehow a manifesto for the august election.

With American bombings causing 30.5% of Afghanistan civilian deaths (reported in CNN today is anotehr article) I don't think the Taliban have too work as hard.

Unfortunate America continues to shoot itself in the foot, with bombs rather than "bread & butter".

As long as American support illegitimate governments, who surpress freedom and condones fraud, we lose the people and we lose the war.

Its just an American act.......they found an old Taliban Code of Conduct and decided to update a believable version of their own. Their trying to have closer ties with the Taliban, so these are the ways they're trying to soften the Taliban's approach. Basically by making these codes of conducts, its a actual rulebook given by the West to show the Taliban how they can get closer to peace. American waqnts to remind Taliban that they are a structured force, but Taliban understands they have no space for that, in this point of the game.

Sir, your reporters coverige of the Taliban insergency into Afghanistan & Pakistan was very informative & compasionate especialy in relation to the children & displaced persons of these war torn lands. I agree military intervention will not win this war alone a political solution must be found. Laurence W Tysoe.

The Taliban has been sizing up Obama and his political routes. They see him as weak and by not taking measures with N. Korea and wanting a sit down with moderate terrorists, they know he won't commit to a war that ends when the enemy is completely gone.

To lump all of americans as bad, shows a lack of knowledge, and an inability to think for yourself.

The same is true of the Muslim world as well as the citizens in the countries that practice terror as a weapon of war.

There is good in each country, just as there is bad. It is our job to maintain our optimism during the grueling duty of weeding out the bad.