Talking with the enemy: war correspondent Graeme Smith on his conversations with the Taliban. What makes them fight?

Graeme Smith served as the lead Afghanistan correspondent with The Globe and Mail from 2006 to 2009. He is now on leave, working on a book about the conflict to be published in Canada by Knopf.

Mike Miner is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously at TVO, he was a producer for Studio 2. Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Mike studied journalism and literature at Carleton University and spends as much of his vacation time as possible travelling - including a recent trip to China. He also writes for a variety of publications about arts and culture. Read his Blog: The Fifth Column. Follow Mike on Twitter.

Navin Vaswani is an associate producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He is a product of Ryerson University's journalism program and is interested in a myriad of topics from politics to religion to sports. Navin was previously an intern at The Agenda during its first season. Follow Navin on Twitter.

Navin Vaswani is an associate producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He is a product of Ryerson University's journalism program and is interested in a myriad of topics from politics to religion to sports. Navin was previously an intern at The Agenda during its first season. Follow Navin on Twitter.

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The digital battleground: How are Muslim extremists using the Internet to further their aims and what's being done to stop them?

Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.

Frank J. Cilluffo is associate vice president for Homeland Security and director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University. Read his full biography.

Omar el Akkad is a reporter with The Globe and Mail.

Mohammad Hluchan is a security expert with iDefense Labs (Washington, D.C.) and works to identify and shut down websites of violent extremists.

Rafal Rohozinski is a principal with The SecDev Group. He is the former director of the Advanced Network Research Group at Cambridge University, and co-editor of Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering.

Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.

Rafal Rohozinski is a principal with The SecDev Group. He is the former director of the Advanced Network Research Group at Cambridge University, and co-editor of Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering.

Mike Miner is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously at TVO, he was a producer for Studio 2. Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Mike studied journalism and literature at Carleton University and spends as much of his vacation time as possible travelling - including a recent trip to China. He also writes for a variety of publications about arts and culture. Read his Blog: The Fifth Column. Follow Mike on Twitter.

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