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Afghanistan & the Taliban

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

A journalist for the Far Eastern Economic Review, Rashid has been reporting on Afghanistan for two decades, and has written a comprehensive study of the ruling Taliban.

Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan

A thoughtfull resource on the history of the Taliban and its relations with the outside world including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States.

Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America, and International Terrorism

Explores the relationship between the United States and militant Afghan's during the 1980s, and the impact that relationship has had on Afghanistan following the Soviet withdrawl