TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marsden, Peter
TI  - The Taliban: war and religion in Afghanistan 
SN  - 9789718707913
AV  - DS 371.2 .M37 2002 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London, United Kingdom
PB  - Zen Books Ltd.
KW  - TALIBAN
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. The nature of Afghanistan -- 3. The Mujahidin -- 4. The Warriors of God -- 5. The Taliban creed -- 6. Earlier Islamic movements -- 7. The Afghan Islamic movements -- 8. The Gender policies of the Taliban -- 9. The Dialogue with the humanitarian agencies -- 10. The Taliban and the international community -- 11. The Taliban and Pakistan -- 12. The Taliban and the wider region -- 13. Osama bin Laden -- 14. Conclusions
N2  - This book is particularly good on the equivocal role played by the Americans. The US tacitly backed the Pax Taliban. Their hope was that regional stability would allow a US company to build pipeline to bring Central Asia's energy reserves via Afghanistan, rather than through the territory of its old enemy, Iran
ER  -