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Description edit
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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Ahmad Shah Masud: Add a description of this character.
- Mazar
- Rashid Dostum
- Mullah Omar
- Niyazov
- Osama Bin Laden
- Burhanuddin Rabbani
- Gulbuddin Hikmetyar
- Bridas
- Ismael Khan
- Najibullah
- Malik
- Hazaras
- Clinton
- Benazir Bhutto
- Raphel
- Mohammed Ghaus
- Muslim
- Bulgheroni
- Daud
- Khatami
- Prince Turki
- Babar
- Genghis Khan
- Zia
- Tali
- Nawaz Sharif
- Richardson
- Zahir Shah
- Haqqani
- Amir
- Abdullah
- Ansar
- Mohammed Hassan
- Mestiri
- Lakhdar Brahimi
- Azam
- Deobandis
Setting & Locations edit
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Kabul
- Iran
- Kandahar
- Central Asia
- Russia
- Turkmenistan
- Usa
- Herat
- Islamabad
- Washington
- Saudi Arabia
- Uzbekistan
- Tajikistan
- India
- Turkey
- Mujaheddin
- Peshawar
- Tehran
- Kazakhstan
- Quetta
- Soviet Union
- Ashkhabad
- China
- Moscow
- Bamiyan
- Baluchistan
- Sharia
- South Asia
- Khost
- Pashtun
- Karachi
- Israel
- Kashmir
- Iraq
- Europe
- Azerbaijan
- Baku
- Kyrgyzstan
- Shura
- Hazarajat
- Britain
- Tashkent
- Egypt
- Jalalabad
First Sentence edit
The Taliban Governor of Kandahar, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Rehmani, has a disconcerting habit of pushing the table in front of him with his one good leg.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ahmed Rashid (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0300089023
Page Count: 274
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0300089023
Page Count: 274
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DS371.2 .R367 2000
- Dewey: 958.104
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Ideologies › Radical Thought
- Books › History › World › Islamic
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Church & State
- Books › History › Asia › Afghanistan
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Islam
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