Title: The Taliban : war, religion and the new order in Afghanistan /
Authors: Marsden, Peter Richard Valentine.
Publisher: Oxford University Press ; Zed Books Ltd.,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Taliban Afghanistan.; Taliban Pakistan.; Taliban; Islamic fundamentalism Afghanistan; Islam and politics Afghanistan.; Afghanistan Politics and government; Afghanistan Politics and government; Afghanistan Politics and government
Abstract: "The Taliban explores what the Taliban stand for and the factors leading to their rapid rise. It describes the war which continues to afflict the Afghan people as well as the geo-political context and part played by vertain powers in the region, and by the United States, in the Taliban's dramatic expansion."--Page 4 of cover.