Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia
Rashid, Ahmed
Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid - xix, 274 pages : maps
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
9780300089028
Afghanistan--Politics and government--1973-1989
958.104
Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid - xix, 274 pages : maps
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
9780300089028
Afghanistan--Politics and government--1973-1989
958.104