Decoding the new Taliban : insights from the Afghan field - Giustozzi, Antonio (New York : Columbia University Press, 2009)
The Taliban and the opium trade / Gretchen S. Peters -- Reading the Taliban / Joanna Nathan -- The resurgence of the Taliban in Kabul: Logar and Wardak / Mohammad Osman Tariq Elias -- Loya Paktia's insurgency / Thomas Ruttig and Sébastien Trives -- The return of the Taliban in Andar district: Ghazni / Christoph Reuter and Borhan Younus -- The Taliban in Helmand: an oral history / Tom Coghlan -- Unruly commanders and violent power struggles: Taliban networks in Uruzgan / Martine van Bijlert -- Taliban in Zabul: a witness' account / Abdul Awwal Zabulwal -- What Kandahar's Taliban say / Graeme Smith -- The Taliban's marches: Herat, Farah, Baghdis and Ghor / Antonio Giustozzi -- Taliban and counter-insurgency in Kunar / David Kilcullen -- Northern exposure for the Taliban / Sippi Azerbaijani Moghaddam -- The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan / Claudio Franco.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Taliban; Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-