Taliban : islam,oil and the new great game in Central Asia

Summary: This book covers the defeat of the Taliban government and their resort to guerilla warfare in the Eastern mountains of Afghanistan.It demonstrates how the taliban became a major player in the new great game,involving competition between western oil companies,manipulation from Pakistan,saudi...

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Main Author: rashid
Published: London: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
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