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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

Ahmed Rashid

Who are the Taliban, how did they take power in Afghanistan, and why did oil, drugs and rival states keep the war going?

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Author
Ahmed Rashid

Why read it

  • You will understand how the Taliban rose from a local movement in Kandahar to rulers of Kabul
  • You will see how oil pipelines, drug money and neighboring states pulled the outside world into Afghanistan's war
  • You will be able to explain how a country became a failed state and why the world looked away

Who it is for

  • A news reader who wants the background to Afghanistan headlines
  • A student of foreign affairs or energy politics
  • A professional posted to the region

Contents

  1. Taliban
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIRST EDITION
  4. INTRODUCTION: AFGHANISTAN'S HOLY WARRIORS
  5. Part 1: History of the Taliban Movement
  6. History of the Taliban Movement
  7. Chapter 1 Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban
  8. KANDAHAR 1994: THE ORIGINS OF THE TALIBAN
  9. Chapter 2 Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers
  10. HERAT 1995: GOD'S INVINCIBLE SOLDIERS
  11. Chapter 3 Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful
  12. KABUL 1996: COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL
  13. Chapter 4 Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North
  14. MAZAR-E-SHARIF 1997: MASSACRE IN THE NORTH
  15. Chapter 5 Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War
  16. BAMIYAN 1998-99: THE NEVER-ENDING WAR
  17. Part 2: Islam and the Taliban
  18. Islam and the Taliban
  19. Chapter 6 Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban
  20. CHALLENGING ISLAM: THE NEW-STYLE FUNDAMENTALISM OF THE TALIBAN
  21. Chapter 7 Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization
  22. SECRET SOCIETY: THE TALIBAN'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY ORGANIZATION
  23. Chapter 8 A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture
  24. A VANISHED GENDER: WOMEN, CHILDREN AND TALIBAN CULTURE
  25. Chapter 9 High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy
  26. HIGH ON HEROIN: DRUGS AND THE TALIBAN ECONOMY
  27. Chapter 10 Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden
  28. GLOBAL JIHAD: THE ARAB-AFGHANS AND OSAMA BIN LADEN
  29. Part 3: The New Great Game
  30. The New Great Game
  31. Chapter 11 Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel
  32. DICTATORS AND OIL BARONS: THE TALIBAN AND CENTRAL ASIA, RUSSIA, TURKEY AND ISRAEL
  33. Chapter 12 Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96
  34. ROMANCING THE TALIBAN 1: THE BATTLE FOR PIPELINES 1994-96
  35. Chapter 13 Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997-99 – The USA and the Taliban
  36. ROMANCING THE TALIBAN 2: THE BATTLE FOR PIPELINES – THE USA AND THE TALIBAN 1997–99
  37. Chapter 14 Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War
  38. MASTER OR VICTIM: PAKISTAN'S AFGHAN WAR
  39. Chapter 15 Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia
  40. SHIA VERSUS SUNNI: IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA
  41. Chapter 16 Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan
  42. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN
  43. Chapter 17 The Taliban Resurgent 2000-2009
  44. THE TALIBAN RESURGENT 2000-2009
  45. Appendices
  46. A sample of Taliban decrees relating to women and other cultural issues, after the capture of Kabul, 1996
  47. Structure of the Taliban
  48. A CHRONOLOGY OF THE TALIBAN
  49. The New Great Game

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