Explaining the Taliban's ability to mobilize the Pashtuns / Abdulkader Sinno -- The rise and fall of the Taliban / Neamatollah Nojumi -- The Taliban, women, and the Hegelian private sphere / Juan R.I. Cole -- Taliban and Talibanism in historical perspective / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Remembering the Taliban / Lutz Rzehak -- Fraternity, power, and time in Central Asia / Robert L. Canfield -- Moderate Taliban? / Robert D. Crews -- The Neo-Taliban / Amin Tarzi -- Epilogue : Afghanistan and the Pax Americana / Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews.