A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFollowing the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021, the group had seized control of the entire country.Taliban is a New York Times bestseller by the award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid. Now considered a modern classic, the book provides rare insight into the history of the Taliban, their political movement, their leaders and their aims. This authoritative account is renowned for being able to explain one of the world’s most extreme organizations from their inception in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s to their rise to power. In doing so, Rashid closely details their impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, and how and why the Taliban spread, including their relationship with both Al-Qaeda and the U.S.The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 40 languages. This third edition marks twenty years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and the author adds a new introduction to reflect on how the group regained their strength, the humanitarian crisis, and what Taliban rule is likely to mean for the region and the world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-24
Mått:129 x 198 x 19 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780755647101

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Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Politisk aktivism inom Samhälle och politik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

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Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who reports for the BBC Online, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, Spain’s El Mundo and newspapers in Pakistan. He broadcasts regularly with the BBC, CNN and other international news organisations. He has twice been selected for the list of 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' by Foreign Policy. He has been covering the wars in Afghanistan, as well as the wars in Pakistan and Tajikistan, since 1979. He is the author of Descent into Chaos and Jihad.

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[Rashid is] Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and Introduction to the Third EditionPreface and AcknowledgementsMapsIntroduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors Part 1: History of the Taliban Movement Chapter 1 Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the TalibanChapter 2 Herat 1995: God’s Invincible SoldiersChapter 3 Kabul 1996: Commander of the FaithfulChapter 4 Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the NorthChapter 5 Bamiyan 1998–99: The Never-Ending WarPart 2: Islam and the TalibanChapter 6 Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the TalibanChapter 7 Secret Society: The Taliban’s Political and Military OrganizationChapter 8 A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban CultureChapter 9 High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban EconomyChapter 10 Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin LadenPart 3: The New Great GameChapter 11 Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and IsraelChapter 12 Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994–96Chapter 13 Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997–99 – The USA and the TalibanChapter 14 Master or Victim: Pakistan’s Afghan WarChapter 15 Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi ArabiaChapter 16 Conclusion: The Future of AfghanistanChapter 17 The Taliban Resurgent 2000–2009AppendicesNotes