the power of militant Islam in Afghanistan and beyond /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ahmed Rashid.
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London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
I.B. Tauris,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xvii, 319 pages) :
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GENERAL NOTES
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Previous edition: 2002.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Contents; New Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors; Part 1 -- History of the Taliban Movement; 1. Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban; 2. Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers; 3. Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful; 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North; 5. Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War; Part 2 -- Islam and the Taliban; 6. Challenging Islam:; 7. Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization; 8. A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture.
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9. High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy10. Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden; Part 3 -- The New Great Game; 11. Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel; 12. Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96; 13. Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines -- The USA and the Taliban 1997-99; 14. Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War; 15. Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia; 16. Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan; 17. The Taliban Resurgent 2000-2009; Appendices; Notes; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The American bombing of terrorist bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamic movement in the world today. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds their political movement, their leaders and their aims._x000D__x000D_The geo-strategic implications of the Taliban are already creating severe instability in Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian republics where the Taliban have become a major player in the new Great Game, as Western cou.
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Ingram Content Group
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9780857730510
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Title
Taliban.
International Standard Book Number
9781848854468
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Taliban.
Taliban.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islam and politics-- Afghanistan.
Islamic fundamentalism-- Afghanistan.
Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects-- Asia, Central.
History & Archaeology.
Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- General.
Politics and government
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
South Asia.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Afghanistan, Politics and government, 20th century.