Ahmed Rashid’s Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (often cited from its various digital and updated versions ) is widely considered the definitive account of the movement's rise.

Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

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If you are looking for a , you are likely after the specific analysis contained within. The book is divided into three crucial parts.

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If you have a university login, check JSTOR , Project MUSE , or ProQuest . Many libraries purchased the eBook license for the 2022 edition. You can usually download a chapter-by-chapter PDF printout for personal use.

Kassim, a young man who had lost his father to the Soviet war and his hope to the squabbling warlords, stood by the roadside as a convoy of white pickup trucks rolled in. These men weren’t like the drunken militia commanders who demanded "taxes" at every checkpoint. They were austere, their eyes rimmed with kohl, and their turbans wound tight like the laws they carried.