Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia - Rashid, Ahmed (New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2010)
Contents: Preface to the second edition$1 (BPreface and acknowledgements to the first edition$1 (BMaps$1 (BIntroduction : Afghanistan$1 (Bs holy warriors$1 (BPart I : history of the Taliban movement$1 (BChapter 1. Kandahar 1994 : the origins of the Taliban$1 (BChapter 2. Herat 1995 : God's invincible soldiers$1 (BChapter 3. Kabul 1996 : commander of the faithful$1 (BChapter 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997 : massacre in the north$1 (BChapter 5. Bamiyan 1998-99 : the never-ending war$1 (BPart 2 : Islam and the Taliban$1 (BChapter 6. Challenging Islam : the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban$1 (BChapter 7. Secret society : the Taliban's political and military organization$1 (BChapter 8. A vanished gender: women, children and Taliban culture$1 (BChapter 9. High on heroin: drugs and the Taliban economy$1 (BChapter 10. Global jihad: the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden$1 (BPart 3 : the new great game$1 (BChapter 11. Dictators and oil barons : the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel$1 (BChapter 12. Romancing the Taliban 1 : the battle for pipelines 1994-96$1 (BChapter 13. Romancing the Taliban 2 : the battle for pipelines 1997-99-The USA and the Taliban$1 (BChapter 14. Master or victim : Pakistan's Afghan war$1 (BChapter 15. Shia versus Sunni : Iran and Saudi Arabia$1 (BChapter 16. Conclusion : the future of Afghanistan$1 (BChapter 17. The Taliban resurgent 2000-2009$1 (BAppendices$1 (BNotes$1 (BIndex.s
(3z(BIncludes bibliography(3y$1 (B(p. [284]-286).s
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Keywords: Taliban; Islamic fundamentalism -- Afghanistan; Islam and state -- Afghanistan; Islam and politics -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973-1989.; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1989-2001.; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-.