Contents: Introduction. 1. Salafism, Wahhabism, and the Definition of Sunni Islam/Rob J. Williams. 2. Dying to Live: The 'Love to Death' Narrative Driving the Taliban s Suicide Bombings/Atal Ahmadzai. 3. Tablighi Jamaat and its Role in the Global Jihad/South Asia Democratic Forum. 4. Under the Hood Learning and Innovation in the Islamic State s Suicide Vehicle Industry/Ellen Tveteraas. 5. Examining the Role of Pakistan s National Curriculum Textbook Discourses on Normalising the Taliban s Violence in the USA s Post 9/11 War on Terror in South Waziristan, Pakistan/Qasim Jan, Yi Xie, Muhammad Habib Qazi, Zahid Javid Choudhary and Baha Ul Haq. 6. Jihadi-Salafism in Jordan and the Syrian Conflict: Divisions Overcome Unity/Joas Wagemakers. 7. The New Chechen Jihad: Militant Wahhabism as a Radical Movement and a Source of Suicide Terrorism in Post-War Chechen Society/Anne Speckhard and Khapta Akhmedovavi. 8. Hindutva as a Variant of Right-Wing Extremism/Eviane Leidig. 9. Pragmatism and Purism in Jihadist Governance: The Islamic Emirate of Azawad Revisited/Vidar B. Skretting. 10. Wahhabis and Salafis, daije and alimi: Bosnian Neo-Salafis between Contestation and Integration/Zora Hesova. Index. Armed governance as a mood of rule, violent competition, and control has characterized the modern history of Afghanistan. The majority of actors participating in determining such a process of governance are militias supported by neighbouring states. The dynamics of Taliban legitimacy, and their disputed leadership, however, is not out of the way from other powerful terrorist groups, suchlike the ISIS, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Central Asian groups. These external actors may also influence the relationship between Taliban and Afghan civilians. Taliban s way of governance has taken place under the conditions of civil war. They have adopted culture of violence, torture and jihad against education of Afghan girls. They haven t relinquished the culture of terrorising civilians. How the Taliban seized power in Kabul is a major question. Contexts of civil war and state weakness are often characterized by situations of governance by terror actors. The failure of Taliban intelligence to provide reliable information about the IS s military strength has raised serious questions about the credibility of their misgovernment. While one of the important functions of an intelligence agency is to provide timely warnings of hostile military action in the battlefield.