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Taliban :

Author (نویسنده/ناشر):

Rashid, Ahmed.

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

ACKU

Statement of responsibility:

Ahmad Rashid.

Edition Statement:

New edition.

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Physical Description:

xvii, 319 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

Language:

English

ISBN:

9781848854468

Subjects--Corporate Names:

,Taliban.

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Islam and politics – Afghanistan.
Islamic fundamentalism – Afghanistan.
Petroleum industry and trade – Political aspects – Asia, Central.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Afghanistan – Politics and government – 20th century.

LC Class. No:

DS371.2. / R374 2013

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

Accession No:

3ACKU000510007

General Note:

Abstract: Afghanistan's position as a crossroads in Central Asia made it part of the 19th-century Great Game of imperialism and brings it to international strategic prominence once again. Rashid is a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review who has covered Afghanistan's changing fortunes since the 1978 Soviet invasion. In his second book, he covers the origin and rise of the Taliban, its concepts of Islam on questions of gender roles and drugs, and the importance of the country to the development of energy resources in the region.