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The Taliban reader : war, Islam and politics / Alex Strick van Linschoten, Felix Kuehn (editors)

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Who are the Taliban? Are they a militant movement? Are they religious scholars? The fact that these and other questions are still raised with frequency is testimony to the way the movement has been studied, often at arm's length and with scant use of primary sources. The Taliban Reader forges a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Strick van Linschoten, Alex (Editor), Kuehn, Felix (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Taliban.
Middle East > Politics and government > 1945-
Taliban members' writings.
Islam and politics.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Politics and government.
Middle East.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Mujahedeen and Topakiyaan (1979-1994): The taliban fronts
  • Desert attack
  • Miracles of the jihad
  • Soviet Andrei
  • Martyr Hajji mullah Mohammad Osman Akhund
  • The men with guns
  • Part 2: islamic emirate of Afghanistan (1994-2001): Nascent state (1994-1996)
  • Beginning government (1996-1998)
  • Isolation and retrenchment (1998-2001)
  • Part 3: Insurgency (2001- ): Shock and awe (2001-2003)
  • Expansion & revival (2004-2010)
  • New realities (2011-2017)
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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