Taliban
Subtitle: the true story of the world's most feared guerrilla fighters
By: James Fergusson
Publisher: Bantam; Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc; Corgi Books; Bantam Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780593066348; 9780593066355; 9780552162838
Subjects: Taliban; History
Description: "Fifteen years ago, southern Afghanistan was in even greater chaos than it is now. The Russians, who had occupied the country throughout the 1980s, were long gone. The disparate ethnic and religious leaders who had united to eject the invaders - the famous mujahiddin - were at each others' throats. For the rural poor of Kandahar province, life was almost impossible. Then on 12 October 1994 a small group of religious students decided to take matters into their own hands. Led by an illiterate village mullah with one eye, some 200 of them surrounded and took Spin Boldak, a trucking stop on the border with Pakistan. From this short and unremarkable border skirmish, a legend was born: the Taliban"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.