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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
Trade Size (reprint)
Taliban, March 2001
Trade Size

TALIBAN
By: Ahmed Rashid

Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

Revised, 2nd Edition
Yale University Press
May 2010
On Sale: April 20, 2010
344 pages
ISBN: 0300163681
EAN: 9780300163681
Paperback
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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.

New to this updated edition of the #1 New York Times Bestseller with more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide:
How the Taliban has regained its strength
How and why the Taliban has spread across Central Asia
How the Taliban has helped Al’Qaida’s spread into Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East
Why the Afghan people feel the United States is losing the war
A major new introduction and an all-new final chapter

Media Buzz

Talk of the Nation - October 3, 2011
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - May 3, 2011
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - April 15, 2010