NEW DELHI—Since launching its offensive in April this year the Taliban have begun more frequently targeting assassinations of journalists, pilots, artists, and senior government officials, as part of an asymmetric strategy that experts call psychological warfare. A U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan, The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), in its quarterly report to the…

NEW DELHI—Since launching its offensive in April, the Taliban has been targeting journalists, pilots, artists, and senior government officials for assassinations more frequently, as part of an asymmetric strategy that experts call psychological warfare. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan, in its quarterly report to Congress beginning from…