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Tables of Contents for Taliban
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface and Acknowledgements
11
10
21
2
Introduction: Afganistan's Holy Warriors
23
32
Part 1: History of the Taliban Movement
Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban
55
31
Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers
86
23
Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful
109
33
Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North
142
28
Bamiyan 1998-2000: The Never-Ending War
170
35
Part 2: Islam and the Taliban
Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban
205
29
Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization
234
23
A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture
257
28
High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy
285
26
Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden
311
32
Part 3: The New Great Game
Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel
343
32
Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96
375
30
Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines and the USA and the Taliban 1997-99
405
31
Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War
436
29
Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia
465
24
Conclusion: The Future of Afganistan
489
22
Appendices
511
60
Notes
571