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Islam, Oil and the New Great Game in Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid
ISBN: 9781860644177
Format: Paperback
Publisher:I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Edition: Paperback original
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The presence of Osama bin Laden and his terrorist bases in Afghanistan has brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamist movement in the world today. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds the organization, its leaders and aims. The Taliban has become a major player in the new 'Great Game' …
The American bombing of terrorist bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has brought the Taliban into focus as the most radical and extreme Islamic movement in the world. The movement, its leaders and its aims are surrounded by secrecy. This study considers the geo-strategic implications of the Taliban, which are already creating severe instability in Russia, Iran and the five central Asian republics where the Taliban has become a major player as western countries and companies compete to build oil and gas pipelines to western and Asian markets. The Taliban's implementation of their extreme interpretation of Islam poses new challenges to the Muslim world and the West's understanding of radical Islam.
| ISBN | 1860644171 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9781860644177
(What's this?) | | Pages | 208 | | Publisher | I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | I.B.Tauris | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 138 | | Publication date | 24 Jan 2000 | | Academic level | General, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY | 320.550958 | |
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| | | Preface and Acknowledgements | | | | | | Maps | | | | | | Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors | | 1 | | Ch. 1 | | Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban | | 17 | | Ch. 2 | | Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers | | 31 | | Ch. 3 | | Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful | | 41 | | Ch. 4 | | Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North | | 55 | | Ch. 5 | | Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War | | 67 | | Ch. 6 | | Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban | | 82 | | Ch. 7 | | Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization | | 95 | | Ch. 8 | | A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture | | 105 | | Ch. 9 | | High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy | | 117 | | Ch. 10 | | Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden | | 128 | | Ch. 11 | | Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel | | 143 | | Ch. 12 | | Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96 | | 157 | | Ch. 13 | | Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997-99 - The USA and the Taliban | | 170 | | Ch. 14 | | Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War | | 183 | | Ch. 15 | | Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia | | 196 | | Ch. 16 | | Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan | | 207 | | | | Appendices | | 217 | | | | Notes | | 248 | | | | Index | | 266 |
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