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The endless Jihad : the Mujahidin, the Taliban and Bin Laden /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shay, Shaul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Herzliya, Israel : International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Interdisiplinary Center Herzliya, [2002]
Subjects:
Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011.
Taliban.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and politics.
Jihad.
Afghanistan > History > 1989-2001.
Table of Contents:
  • Islamic fundamentalism-background
  • Afghanistan-the ethnic structure
  • Historical background-milestones in the formation of Afghanistan
  • The role of Mohammed Daoud
  • The Soviet invasion and the Karmal government
  • The government of Najib (Najibullah)
  • The fall of Najibullah's regime and the rise of the Mujahidin
  • Afghanistan-Islamic opposition and the Mujahidin movements
  • The Afghan Mujahidin movements
  • Leaders of the Mujahidin movements in Afghanistan
  • Military leadership of the Mujahidin
  • The Mujahidin regime of Rabbani
  • The Taliban movement-roots and ideology
  • The Taliban and the road to power
  • Milestones on the Taliban's road to power
  • The Taliban regime-main characteristics
  • The Anti-Taliban Coalition-the Northern Alliance
  • Internal power struggles among the Uzbekis
  • Involvement of outside agents in the Civil War in Afghanistan
  • Pakistan-Afghanistan (Taliban) relations
  • Iran-Afghanstan (Taliban) relations-- Diplomatic moves to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan 1993-2000
  • "Afghan terror" in the international arena as a reflectin of cultural conflict
  • International terror-theoretical background
  • "Cultural terror"
  • Destruction of the statues of Buddha at Bamian-Afghanistan-2001
  • Afghan terror in the international arena.