Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, & the Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Ahmed Rashid)

By sheila | Jan 22, 2007

Behind all wars, Ahmed Rashid contends, are power brokers who remain hidden in shadows. Afghanistan and all that has happened to it is no exception. Bringing his immense and intimate knowledge of the geo-political and spiritual layout of the country to bear, Ahmad Rashid takes us into the brutal and quasi-tragic world of the Taliban. [...]