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Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia
- Title
- Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.
- Author
- Rashid, Ahmed.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 274 p. : maps; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-247) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBD 02-321
- ISBN
- 0300083408
- LCCN
- 99068718
- OCLC
- 43840039
- Author
- Rashid, Ahmed.
- Title
- Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-247) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBD 02-321