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050			_aDS 371.2 .M37 2002
100			_aMarsden, Peter _eauthor
245		4	_aThe Taliban : _bwar and religion in Afghanistan / _cPeter Marsden
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom : _bZen Books Ltd., _cc2022
300			_axiii, 162 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. 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
520			_aThis 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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