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Author Rashid, Ahmed.

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

Publication Info. New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale Nota Bene, Yale University Press, 2001.

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 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  958.1 RAS    Check Shelf
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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  958.104 RAS    Check Shelf
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Description xi, 279 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Note "First published as a Yale Note Bene book in 2001" -- T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-265) and index.
Contents Kandahar 1994: the origins of the Taliban -- Herat 1995: God's invincible soldiers -- Kabul 1996: commander of the faithful -- Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: massacre in the north -- Bamiyan 1998-99: the never-ending war -- Challenging Islam: the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban -- Secret society: the Taliban's political and military organization -- A vanished gender: women, children and Taliban culture -- High on heroin: drugs and the Taliban economy -- Global jihad: the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden -- Dictators and oil barons: the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel -- Romancing the Taliban 1: the battle for pipelines 1994-96 -- Romancing the Taliban 2: the battle for pipelines 1997-99: the USA and the Taliban -- Master or victim: Pakistan's Afghan war -- Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Conclusion: the future of Afghanistan.
Subject Taliban.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Afghanistan.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Asia, Central.
Islam and politics -- Afghanistan.
Islam and state -- Afghanistan.
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973-
ISBN 0300089023
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