Contributor
Maley, William, 1957-
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxiii, 253 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Note:Introduction: Interpreting the Taliban / William Maley -- PART I: THE RISE OF THE TALIBAN: The Rabbani government, 1992-1996 / Amin Saikal -- How the Taliban became a military force / Anthony Davis -- Pakistan and the Taliban / Ahmed Rashid -- PART II: THE TALIBAN AND THE WORLD: The United States and the Taliban / Richard Mackenzie -- Russia, Central Asia and the Taliban / Anthony Hyman -- Saudi Arabia, Iran and the conflict in Afghanistan / Anwar-ul-haq Ahady -- PART III: THE TALIBAN AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN: Dilemmas of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan / Michael Keating -- Afghan women under the Taliban / Nancy Hatch Dupree -- PART IV: PATHS TO THE FUTURE: Is Afghanistan on the brink of ethnic and tribal disintegration? / Bernt Glatzer -- The UN in Afghanistan: 'doing its best' or 'failure of a mission'? / William Maley -- Has Islamism a future in Afghanistan? / Olivier Roy -- The future of the state and the structure of community governance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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