Walking the precipice : witness to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan / Barbara Bick ; foreword by Eden Naby.

Abstract: “In 1990, sixty-five year old Barbara Bick joined a peace delegation for what she thought would be her last great adventure, a trip to Afghanistan. Instead, Bick forged an intense commitment to the country, particularly after the Taliban came to power with its fiercely anti-woman policies. She returned in 2001, when most people her age wouldn't dream of trekking through the desolation northern regions of Afghanistan. And there, on September 9, she was a guest at the compound where Al Qaeda operatives assassinated the Taliban's main opponent just before their attack on the US. Bick returned to Afghanistan one last time, in 2003, for a women's constitutional convention, the culmination of the hopes and hard work of thousands of Afghan women…”—back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Foreword—Preface (p. 1)—1. Kabul, 1990 (p. 3)—2. Against the Taliban, 1992-2000 (p. 29)—3. Journey to the land of the Mujahidin, 2001 (p. 49)—4. Khoja Bahauddin (p. 63)—5. Faizabad (p. 83)—6. The assassins (p. 101)—7. Kabul redux, 2003 (p. 125)—Chronology timeline (p. 160)—Declaration of the essential rights of Afghan women (p. 163)—NEGAR petition : statement of support for the declaration of the essential rights of Afghan women (p. 166)—Acknowledgments (p. 168).