Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Rashid, Ahmed

Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid. - New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale Nota Bene, Yale University Press, 2001. - xi, 274 p. : 2 maps ; 20 cm.

"First published as a Yale Note Bene book in 2001"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) 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.

0300089023


Taliban.


Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.
Petroleum industry and trade--Asia, Central.
Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
Islam and state--Afghanistan.


Afghanistan--Politics and government--1973-

DS371.2 / .R367 2001

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