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Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia /

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Examines the Taliban and its form of Islamic fundamentalism, explains how the organization rose to power, and discusses its impact on Afghanistan and why the country has become a center for international terrorism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rashid, Ahmed (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Taliban.
Talibans.
Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1973-
Islamic fundamentalism > Afghanistan.
Islam and state > Afghanistan.
Islam and politics > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1989-2001.
Intégrisme islamique > Afghānistān.
Islam et État > Afghānistān.
Islam et politique > Afghānistān.
Afghānistān > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-1996.
Afghānistān > Politique et gouvernement > 1996-2001.
Islam and politics.
Islam and state.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Politics and government
Afghanistan.
Since 1973
Paperback.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:Examines the Taliban and its form of Islamic fundamentalism, explains how the organization rose to power, and discusses its impact on Afghanistan and why the country has become a center for international terrorism.
Physical Description:xi, 274 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and index.
ISBN:0300083408
9780300083408
0300089023
9780300089028