When asked about Taliban “successes” in 2012 in an interview with a pro-Taliban news site

“Targeting of some key figures was also an important part of the current operations.”“Interview of Zabihullah Mujahid: The invaders are on practical abscondence,” Mediapart, January 31, 2013, https://blogs.mediapart.fr/lynx/blog/010213/interview-zabihullah-mujahid-invaders-are-practical-abscondence.