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008			130802s2010 xxu eng d
020			_a1848854463 (paperback)
020			_a9781848854468 (paperback)
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100	1		_aRashid, Ahmed.
245	1	0	_aTaliban : _bthe power of militant islam in afghanistan and beyond / _cAhmed Rashid.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bI.B.Tauris, _c2010.
300			_a344 p. ; _c20 cm.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aAfghanistan
650		0	_aAsia, Central
650		0	_aIslam and politics
650		0	_aIslam and state
650		0	_aIslamic fundamentalism
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade--Political aspects
650		0	_aPolitical science
650		0	_aTaliban
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848854463/chopaconline-20
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