Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
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Author: Ahmed RashidEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-01
ISBN: 0300089023
Number of pages: 274
Publisher: Yale Nota Bene Books
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Book Review: Subtly Biased
Summary: 2 Stars
Ahmed Rashid creates what appears to be a well researched, unbiased book to present to readers around the world who take interest in the affairs of Afghanistan and the region.
This book, although makes an effort to show that the author has the knowledge of internal affiars of Taliban and the way leadership works, makes so many assumptions and presents them as facts. What Ahmed Rashi does best in this book is guesswork. The book has some inconsistencies with the names of certain Taliban members. He either is confused with names or has very little knowledge or intentionally lies.
He has written the book so that attention is given more towards what Taliban did wrong over what they did right. He does mention the bad state of affairs and tyranical rule of warlords prior to emergence of Taliban, however he intentionally makes it insignificant in comparison to what he believes was wrong about Taliban. This book, though clears up certain issues, but is subtly biased and I hate the style of writing. He is all over the place.
Summary of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban-the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization-into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English-language readers, explaining the Taliban's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism.This is the single best book available on the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Afghanistan responsible for harboring the terrorist Osama bin Laden. Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who has spent most of his career reporting on the region--he has personally met and interviewed many of the Taliban's shadowy leaders. Taliban was written and published before the massacres of September 11, 2001, yet it is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand the aftermath of that black day. It includes details on how and why the Taliban came to power, the government's oppression of ordinary citizens (especially women), the heroin trade, oil intrigue, and--in a vitally relevant chapter--bin Laden's sinister rise to power. These pages contain stories of mass slaughter, beheadings, and the Taliban's crushing war against freedom: under Mullah Omar, it has banned everything from kite flying to singing and dancing at weddings. Rashid is for the most part an objective reporter, though his rage sometimes (and understandably) comes to the surface: "The Taliban were right, their interpretation of Islam was right, and everything else was wrong and an expression of human weakness and a lack of piety," he notes with sarcasm. He has produced a compelling portrait of modern evil. --John Miller
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