Applying cutting edge psychiatric theories to an analysis of online Taliban literature in four languages Aggarwal depicts the organization s appeal and worldview Aggarwal focuses on the Taliban s creation of culture showing how the Taliban categorizes all Muslims as members and all non Muslims as outsiders how they convince Muslims of the need for violence and how they apply the insider outside dichotomy to foreign policy By isolating these themes Aggarwal helps us craft better counter messaging strategies Applying cutting edge psychiatric theories to an analysis of online Taliban literature in four languages Neil Krishan Aggarwal constructs a game changing narrative of the organization s broad appeal and worldview Aggarwal a cultural psychiatrist focuses on the Taliban s creation of culture evoking religion in Arabic and English writings nationalism in Dari sources and regionalism in Urdu texts The group also promotes a specific form of argumentation citing religious scriptures in Arabic works canonical poets in Dari and Urdu writings and scholars and journalists in English publications Aggarwal shows how the Taliban categorize all Muslims as members and all non Muslims as outsiders how they convince Muslims of the need for violence and how they apply the insider outsider dichotomy to foreign policy By understanding these themes Aggarwal argues we can craft better countermessaging strategies