The Taliban : war, religion and the new order in Afghanistan /

Marsden, Peter, 1945 September 22-.
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Peter Marsden.
Karachi, Lahore Islamabad : London ; New York : New York : Oxford University Press ; Zed Books Ltd., ©1998.
vii, 162 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
English
1856495213
1856495221
0195779878
9781856495226
,Taliban.
Islamic fundamentalism
Afghanistan.
Islam and politics
Afghanistan.
,Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973-.
DS371.2. / M377 1998
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000075134 3ACKU000502798 3ACKU000862689
Abstract: "The Taliban explores what the Taliban stand for and the factors leading to their rapid rise. It describes the war which continues to afflict the Afghan people as well as the geo-political context and part played by vertain powers in the region, and by the United States, in the Taliban's dramatic expansion."--Page 4 of cover.
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