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Since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Taliban have become the focal point of the West's difficult relations with the Islamic world. This book helps us understand what has been happening inside the country, the nature of radical Islamic movements, and the very difficult questions ahead which war cannot answer.

Reviews:
'Marsden picks his way carefully and thoughtfully through the minefield that is his subject matter…This book provides the best launch pad for an understanding of what is going on in Afghanistan.'
New Internationalist

'This book is particularly good on the equivocal role played by the Americans. The US tacitly backed the Pax Talibana. Their hope was that regional stability would allow a US company to build a pipeline to bring central Asia's reserves via Afghanistan, rather than through the territory of its old enemy, Iran.'
The Sunday Telegraph

'This informative and readable guide to the labyrinth of contemporary Afghanistan is useful for both general readers and academics alike.'
Library Journal

DesiStore # PBS00853 ISBN # 1 84277 167 1 Pages 162 Weight (kg) 0.20 Weight (lbs) 0.51 HB/PB Paper Back

'Provides Western policy makers with a less sensationalised and more objective account of the Taliban and how best to deal with them.'
Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Director, Muslim Institute, London, Impact International

'A brief but lucid account by Peter Marsden, the information coordinator of the London-based British Agencies Afghanistan Group.'
Dilip Hiro, Middle East International

The Taliban (Peter Marsden)