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1	Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia more books like this by Mr. Ahmed Rashid add to wishlist A journalist describes the rise and geopolitical influence of the Taliban, the extremist Islamic faction that maintains government control of Afghanistan with strictness and secrecy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Ghost War more books like this by Alex Berenson add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Faithful Spy" returns with a captivating novel in which CIA operative John Wells is in a running battle with an enemy that may have already won the war. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda more books like this by Gretchen Peters add to wishlist "Seeds of Terror" reveals the astonishing never-before-told story of Afghanistan's booming opium trade. For the first time Peters shares the complete story of her exclusive investigation into the area's most dangerous and shadowy heroin kingpin. With the breakneck pace of a thoroughly gripping thriller, Peters follows the drugs from the fields of ... see all copies from $18.49! new only from $18.49! \| SVS
4	My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban - A Young Woman's Story more books like this by Latifa, Linda Coverdale (Translator), Karenna Gore Schiff (Preface by) add to wishlist This memoirist was a teenager and an aspiring journalist when the Taliban overcame her native Kabul and her active life was transformed into enforced seclusion. Here she chronicles her loss. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
5	Air Battle Force more books like this by Dale Brown add to wishlist On America's newest combat base, U.S. Air Force aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan and his crew of engineers are devising the air combat unit of the future. Known as Air Battle Force, it can launch concentrated, stealthy, precision-guided firepower to any spot on the globe within hours. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban more books like this by Sarah Chayes add to wishlist From a beloved former NPR reporter comes a news-breaking eyewitness account of how the U.S. government and armed forces allowed, and even abetted, the tragic return to violent warlordism in Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban. see all copies from $4.86! new only from $9.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan more books like this by Antonio Giustozzi add to wishlist Since the Allied invasion of Afghanistan in 2002, the Bush administration has celebrated the imminent demise of the Taliban, with claims of a "moral and psychological defeat" playing a prominent role in the presidential elections of 2004. Some commentators suggested that "reconstruction and development" had won over the Afghan population, despite ... see all copies from $16.65! new only from $16.65! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban more books like this by Dr. Larry P Goodson add to wishlist Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned Taliban fundamentalists, Larry Goodson explains in this concise analysis of the Afghan war what has really been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years. Beginning with the reasons behind Afghanistan's inability to forge a strong state - its myriad ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: Mass Mobilization, Civil War, and the Future of the Region more books like this by Neamatollah Nojumi add to wishlist This study provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the process of political mass mobilization in Afghanistan during the communist upheaval (1978), the Soviet invasion along with the emergence of Afghan Mujahideen (1979-1988) and the rise of the Taliban movement (1996). The book reviews the regional importance of Afghanistan and it analyzes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan more books like this by Robert D Crews (Editor), Amin Tarzi (Editor) add to wishlist The Taliban remain one of the most elusive forces in modern history. A ragtag collection of clerics and madrasa students, this obscure movement emerged out of the rubble of the Cold War to shock the world with their draconian Islamic order. The Taliban refused to surrender their vision even when confronted by the United States after September 11, ... see all copies from $11.88! new only from $13.65! \| SVS
11 view cover	Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban more books like this by Stephen Tanner add to wishlist This is a revised up-to-date edition of the only complete military history of Afghanistan containing the most recent information about Taliban resurgence. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations - Greeks, Arabs, Mongols ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
12 view cover	Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad more books like this by David B Edwards add to wishlist David B. Edwards traces the lives of three Afghan leaders - Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi and Qazi Amin Waqad - to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction and despair. This book builds on the foundation that Edwards laid in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.97! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan more books like this by Michael Griffin add to wishlist Afghanistan has historically fulfilled the role of an artificial "buffer state". In recent years, and particularly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has become the geopolitical playground of various regional interests - the Saudis, the Russians, the Pakistanis and the Americans.;Resource rich and strategically important, Afghanistan's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Taliban: War and Religion in Afghanistan, Revised Edition more books like this by Peter Marsden add to wishlist In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, US allegations that Osama bin Laden's network was responsible, and the subsequent military attacks on Afghanistan, the Taliban have become the focal point of the West's difficult relations with the Islamic world. This work aims to provide an understanding of what ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
15 view cover	The War on Freedom: How and Why America Was Attacked, September 11th, 2001 more books like this by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed add to wishlist A disturbing expose of the American government's hidden agenda, before and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A wide range of documents show US officials knew in advance of the 'Boeing bombing' plot, yet did nothing. Did the attacks fit in with plans for a more aggressive US foreign policy? Nafeez Ahmed examines the evidence, direct ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban more books like this by Stephen Tanner add to wishlist The only complete single-volume military history of Afghanistan, from ancient times to the war waged by the United States after September 11.. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the world was riveted as American military power contested the legendary warrior culture of Afghanistan. By spring 2002, America began to draw down its forces, ... see all copies from $8.69! new only from $15.89!
17 view cover	The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban more books like this by Rosemarie Skaine add to wishlist Even though the people of Afghanistan have in general suffered under the rule of the Taliban, women live especially difficult lives, enduring terrible hardships. They are denied basic human rights, forced to wear veil and kept in seclusion. This work addresses the religion, revolution, and national identity of Afghani women and places them within ... see all copies from $5.32! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979-2004: Mountain Strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda more books like this by Mir Bahmanyar, Professor Ian Palmer (Illustrator) add to wishlist Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, the Mujahideen defenders of Afghanistan developed and reinforced many natural cave systems to use as supply bases and defensive positions. The Taliban and Al Qaeda further strengthened these positions in the 1990s. Following the events of September 11, 2001, these cave systems have once more come to ... see all copies from $3.79! new only from $3.79! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Taliban: Ascent to Power more books like this by M J Gohari add to wishlist For many people in the West, Islam appears to contradict such democratic values as freedom, individualism, and personal choice; perceptions resulting from over-generalization and the characterization of certain Islamic movements as "radical" and "fundamentalist". In this book, M.J. Gohari describes one such movement which has been roundly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Taliban more books like this by Mr. Ahmed Rashid add to wishlist A journalist describes the rise and geopolitical influence of the Taliban, the extremist Islamic faction that maintains government control of Afghanistan with strictness and secrecy. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $15.56!
21 view cover	Fundamentalism Reborn?: Afghanistan Under the Taliban more books like this by William Maley (Preface by) add to wishlist A collection of scholarly essays that address the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and life in that religious state. Included are essays on the role the West played in supporting the Taliban in their opposition to the Russian invasion of 1980, Afghanistan's relations with its neighboring states, its prospects for the future, and the draconian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.45! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997 more books like this by Kamal Matinuddin add to wishlist This text analyzes the origin, aims and objectives of the Taliban movement, examining the reasons for their phenomenal success, and explaining clearly the repercussions of an ultra-religious regime in Kabul on the security of Pakistan and its neighbours. This book is intended for students of international relations, military strategists, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Afghanistan: Lifting the Veil more books like this by Reuters, Pearson Technology Group (Creator) add to wishlist After a generation of unspeakable suffering, the people of Afghanistan are awakening to the possibility of hope. Now, through new photographs, and a compelling narrative that places the events of recent years in their deepest context, you will come to understand the people of Afghanistan as never before: who they are, how they have endured, and ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $26.01! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan more books like this by Peter Marsden add to wishlist The Taliban are yet another manifestation of the growth of radical Islam worldwide. This book explores what they stand for and the factors leading to their rapid rise to military and political dominance over Afghanistan. It considers the many influences within the country, the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. It describes the war which ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The breadwinner : starvation or survival - a girl's life under the Taliban rule : a story more books like this by Deborah Ellis add to wishlist Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban solders. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave home. Parvana, her mother and sisters must stay inside. Four days later, the food runs out. They face starvation. So Parvana must pretend to be a boy. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $13.16! \| first editions

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