02002nam a2200313 a 4500 ASIN1848854463 20170105102845.0 130802s2010 xxu eng d 1848854463 (paperback) 9781848854468 (paperback) 0 DS371.2 958.104 Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban : the power of militant islam in afghanistan and beyond / Ahmed Rashid. [S.l.] : I.B.Tauris, 2010. 344 p. ; 20 cm. The American bombing of terrorist bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamic movement in the world today. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds their political movement, their leaders and their aims. The geo-strategic implications of the Taliban are already creating severe instability in Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian republics where the Taliban have become a major player in the new Great Game, as Western countries and companies compete to build oil and gas pipelines from Central Asia 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 in the post-Cold War era. 'Taliban: Islam, Oil and the New Great Game' was runner-up in the prestigious annual British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize, administered by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Afghanistan Asia, Central Islam and politics Islam and state Islamic fundamentalism Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects Political science Taliban Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848854463/chopaconline-20 ddc BK 14036 14036 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-08-15 0 958.104 RAS 2010 CIPS0000142 2013-08-15 2013-08-15 BK