Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

“The standard work in English on the Taliban” (Christopher de Bellaigue, New York Review of Books) and its impact on Afghanistan A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Indispensable.”—Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times Book Review “An excellent political and historical account of the movement’s rise to power.”—Katha Pollitt, Nation “[A] valuable and informative work.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times Ahmed Rashid, called “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter” by Christopher Hitchens, brings the s...