LEADER 03569nam 2200613 450 001 9910818770503321 005 20220113234417.0 010 $a0-85773-051-7 010 $a1-282-52924-2 010 $a9786612529245 010 $a0-85771-728-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058711 035 $a(EBL)676384 035 $a(OCoLC)703425684 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000516892 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12191927 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000516892 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10495696 035 $a(PQKB)10292749 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC676384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL676384 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058711 100 $a20151005h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaliban $ethe power of militant Islam in Afghanistan and beyond /$fAhmed Rashid 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84885-446-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; New Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors; Part 1 -- History of the Taliban Movement; 1. Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban; 2. Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers; 3. Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful; 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North; 5. Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War; Part 2 -- Islam and the Taliban; 6. Challenging Islam:; 7. Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization; 8. A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture 327 $a9. High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy10. Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden; Part 3 -- The New Great Game; 11. Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel; 12. Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96; 13. Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines -- The USA and the Taliban 1997-99; 14. Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War; 15. Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia; 16. Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan; 17. The Taliban Resurgent 2000-2009; Appendices; Notes; Index 330 $aThe American bombing of terrorist bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamic movement in the world today. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds their political movement, their leaders and their aims._x000D__x000D_The geo-strategic implications of the Taliban are already creating severe instability in Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian republics where the Taliban have become a major player in the new Great Game, as Western cou 606 $aIslam and politics$zAfghanistan 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism$zAfghanistan 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$zAsia, Central 607 $aAfghanistan$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects 676 $a320.5509581 700 $aRashid$b Ahmed$0261699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818770503321 996 $aTaliban$91247336 997 $aUNINA