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The Taliban : war and religion in Afghanistan / Peter Marsden

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Zen Books Ltd., c2022Description: xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9789718707913
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 371.2 .M37 2002
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Special Collection GC DS 371.2 .M37 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000019748

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

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.

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