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

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.
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Table of Contents:

Kandahar 1994: the origins of the Taliban
Herat 1995: God's invincible soldiers
Kabul 1996: commander of the faithful
Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: massacre in the north
Bamiyan 1998-99: the never-ending war
Challenging Islam: the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban
Secret society: the Taliban's political and military organization
A vanished gender: women, children and Taliban culture
High on heroin: drugs and the Taliban economy
Global jihad: the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden
Dictators and oil barons: the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel
Romancing the Taliban 1: the battle for pipelines 1994-96
Romancing the Taliban 2: the battle for pipelines 1997-99: the USA and the Taliban
Master or victim: Pakistan's Afghan war
Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Conclusion: the future of Afghanistan.