Taliban, Ahmed Rashid
Taliban, Ahmed Rashid
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Taliban
Islam, Oil, and the Great New Game in Central Asia

Author: Ahmed Rashid

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 11 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2002


Synopsis

In this enormously insightful book, correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban, the worlds most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus. He explains the Talibans rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism.

About Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore who writes for The Washington Post, Daily Telegraph (London), the International Herald Tribune, The New York Review of Books, BBC Online, and The Nation. His previous books include Jihad, Taliban, and The Resurgence of Central Asia. He appears regularly on NPR, CNN, and the BBC World Service.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on May 02, 2021

This is an in-depth review of the rise of the Taliban out of the ashes of the Soviet war and US/CIA intervention. Rashid does a really good job of explaining the complexities, religious ideology, and human rights atrocities committed by the Taliban. I would recommend this as well as Ahmed Rashid's J......more

Goodreads review by Will on May 26, 2013

I was prompted to read this by Rashid’s later work ,Descent Into Chaos. Where did the Taliban actually form, when, why. How did the Taliban grow to be the force it would become? There is much information here that helps make sense of what seems senseless. In a nation ruled by a bloody coterie of war......more

Goodreads review by fourtriplezed on December 26, 2011

Fascinating. I could not put this book down and would consider it a must read for anyone who has an interest as to the rise of the Taliban and the consequences of the actions of the super powers.......more

Goodreads review by Abby on June 21, 2020

Meticulously researched and well-written. May be slightly dense for people with no background in the subject matter, but the author does a really good job of providing important context and details for the layperson. I appreciate that the author also talk about the role women and children play in Af......more

Goodreads review by Nazmi on August 30, 2021

Mula baca buku ini ketika Kabul dan seluruh Afghanistan jatuh kepada Taliban kembali selepas Amerika Syarikat (AS) umumkan pengundurannya di bawah pentadbiran Joe Biden. Ia juga disusuli hantaran di Twitter sebuah parti politik demokratik sosialis di Malaysia yang ambil kesempatan kaitkan Taliban de......more