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Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2001.Description: xi, 279 pages : maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0300089023
  • 9780300089028
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.2. R375 2001
Contents:
Contents: Preface and acknowledgements—Maps—Introduction : Afghanistan’s holy warriors—Part I : history of the Taliban movement—Chapter 1. Kandahar 1994 : the origins of the Taliban—Chapter 2. Herat 1995 : God's invincible soldiers—Chapter 3. Kabul 1996 : commander of the faithful—Chapter 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997 : massacre in the north—Chapter 5. Bamiyan 1998-2000 : the never-ending war—Part 2 : Islam and the Taliban—Chapter 6. Challenging Islam : the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban—Chapter 7. Secret society : the Taliban's political and military organization—Chapter 8. A vanished gender : women, children and Taliban culture—Chapter 9. High on heroin : drugs and the Taliban economy—Chapter 10. Global jihad : the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden—Part 3 : the new great game—Chapter 11. Dictators and oil barons : the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel—Chapter 12. Romancing the Taliban 1 : the battle for pipelines 1994-96—Chapter 13. Romancing the Taliban 2 : the battle for pipelines 1997-99-The USA and the Taliban—Chapter 14. Master or victim : Pakistan's Afghan war—Chapter 15. Shia versus Sunni : Iran and Saudi Arabia—Chapter 16. Conclusion : the future of Afghanistan—Appendices—Notes—Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.2. R375 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000862663
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.2.R375 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000377803
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“Includes bibliography”—(pages [245]-247).

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements—Maps—Introduction : Afghanistan’s holy warriors—Part I : history of the Taliban movement—Chapter 1. Kandahar 1994 : the origins of the Taliban—Chapter 2. Herat 1995 : God's invincible soldiers—Chapter 3. Kabul 1996 : commander of the faithful—Chapter 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997 : massacre in the north—Chapter 5. Bamiyan 1998-2000 : the never-ending war—Part 2 : Islam and the Taliban—Chapter 6. Challenging Islam : the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban—Chapter 7. Secret society : the Taliban's political and military organization—Chapter 8. A vanished gender : women, children and Taliban culture—Chapter 9. High on heroin : drugs and the Taliban economy—Chapter 10. Global jihad : the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden—Part 3 : the new great game—Chapter 11. Dictators and oil barons : the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel—Chapter 12. Romancing the Taliban 1 : the battle for pipelines 1994-96—Chapter 13. Romancing the Taliban 2 : the battle for pipelines 1997-99-The USA and the Taliban—Chapter 14. Master or victim : Pakistan's Afghan war—Chapter 15. Shia versus Sunni : Iran and Saudi Arabia—Chapter 16. Conclusion : the future of Afghanistan—Appendices—Notes—Index.

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