Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

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. Rashid 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 Middle East and Central Asia, 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.

New to this updated edition of the #1 New York Times Bestseller with more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide:

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
• Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
• Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
• Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban
• In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
• Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
• Conflict, Security and Development
• No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes (American Empire Project)
• Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
• The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War