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Life under the Taliban / by Gail B. Stewart.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Series: ; (The way people live)Publication details: San Diego ; London : Lucent Books, c2005.Description: 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 159018291X
  • 9781590182918
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • DS 371.3 .S74 2005
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Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS 371.3 .S74 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26018
Total holds: 0

“The way people live”—at head of title.

“An imprint of Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson corporation”—title page.

Contents: Foreword—Discovering the humanity in us all—Introduction : back to the dark ages—Chapter one : the land of the great game—Chapter two : the coming of the Taliban—Chapter three : life under the Sharia—Chapter four : women under the Taliban—Chapter five : a life of grinding poverty—Chapter six : a training ground of terrorism—Chapter seven : resistance to the Taliban—Notes—For further reading—Works consulted—Index—Picture credits—About the author.

Summary: Discusses the history of Afghanistan, the rise and fall of the Taliban, and daily life under the regime.

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