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Also by Ahmed Rashid:

Pakistan On The Brink, March 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Taliban, May 2010
Paperback
Descent into Chaos, June 2009
Paperback
Descent into Chaos, June 2008
Hardcover
Jihad, November 2004
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Taliban, March 2001
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TALIBAN
By: Ahmed Rashid

Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

Yale University Press
March 2001
On Sale: March 1, 2001
294 pages
ISBN: 0300089023
EAN: 9780300089028
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Non-Fiction

Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban--the world’s most extreme and radical Islamic organization--into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English-language readers, explaining the Taliban’s rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism.

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