They may not win, but they don't lose either.

"The fall of Panjshir may have been the result of a terrorist barter. The deal is straightforward, Pakistan assists Taliban in obtaining Panjshir. In addition the Taliban will assist Pakistan in spreading terrorism and anti-India hostilities in Kashmir," Wion. Pakistan Air Force bombed opposition forces in Panjshir, helping the Taliban to an easy victory. "In a veiled reference to Pakistan, Iran condemned 'foreign interference' at the fight between the Taliban and rebel commanders, headed by Ahmad Massoud, in Panjshir Valley," The Week. "This is a major flashback to the turbulent 90s, when Iran was one of the most vocal critics of the Pakistan-controlled Sunni Taliban ravaging its way into power in Afghanistan." "The Taliban on Tuesday rejected claims of foreign interference in their Panjshir Valley takeover, as Iran condemned the group's capture of the last holdout Afghan province and Indian media alleging the attacks were carried out by a Pakistan Air Force to support the group," Arab News. "News channels Times Now, Republic TV and Zee Hindustan aired footage from a video game as 'visuals of a PAF jet' targeting anti-Taliban groups in Panjshir." "The Taliban represents two generations of fighters -- one a little grey, sober and mature after two decades of constant fighting, while the other, new and brash, pursuing an Islam of the medieval era," Indian Defence News. "Kashmir lies at the intersection of the stated agenda of LeT and JeM, and their mentor ISI." ISI stands for Inter Services Intelligence which is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, wikipedia. "There is a phrase frequently wielded when terrorists give the espionage grid the slip -- 'a failure of imagination'. It was said by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers after 9/11, British spies invoked the same following 7/7. In the wake of 26/11, top cops in India offered this by way of an explanation," wrote Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark. 'Failure of imagination' means a failure to prevent an unexpected, undesirable event even though there were warning signs preceding the event, wikipedia. 9/11 resulted in a proliferation of means of technological intelligence or techint. "Because of techint, 26/11 was partially foreseen too, by the US National Security Agency and the British Government Communication Headquarters. However, somehow politics, again, fogged these insights." 26/11 was a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, coordinated from Pakistan and resulting in 174 deaths, including the 9 attackers, and more than 300 wounded, wikipedia. "But afterwards, India invested in these invasive technologies, packages that allowed greater eavesdropping of smart phones, email servers and social media feeds, spawning facial recognition systems that chained networks of CCTV cameras, in major cities and transport hubs. Oversight and the legal framework remained fragile, while new laws were passed at breakneck speed that cracked down on streaming content, and social media, while others redefined who was, and was not, a citizen." Over two decades, politicians have suppressed intelligence that did not fit their narrative," and used the excuse of terrorism to surveil law abiding, tax paying citizens, while failing to prevent Pulwama, in which a suicide bomber killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, wikipedia, or the Uri attack, in which 4 gunmen attacked the Army Brigade Headquarters at Uri, killing 17 soldiers and wounding 19-30 others, wikipedia. "After 9/11, most things can be seen and overheard by governments. However, understanding and telling us the truth, is something else entirely." Terrorists kill ordinary people while politicians are safe in their fortresses, but politicians fear they maybe thrown out by the people during elections. That is why they have instituted total surveillance as a means to control the population through their own narrative. As the Pegasus project, uncovered by The Wire, proved. Terrorists win, not by imposing their twisted ideology, but by destroying democracy. The people get it from both sides.