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

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

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

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

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

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