Fundamentalism reborn? · Afghanistan and the Taliban

Includes bibliographical references and index;Preface: Afghanistan and the Taliban, 1998-2001 / William Maley -- Introduction: interpreting the Taliban / William Maley -- The Rabbani government, 1992-1996 / Amin Saikal -- How the Taliban became a military force / Anthony Davis -- Pakistan and the Taliban / Ahmed Rashid -- The United States and the Taliban / Richard Mackenzie -- Russia, Central Asia and the Taliban / Anthony Hyman -- Saudi Arabia, Iran and the conflict in Afghanistan / Anwar-ul-haq Ahady -- Dilemmas of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan / Michael Keating -- Afghan women under the Taliban / Nancy Hatch Dupree -- Is Afghanistan on the brink of ethnic and tribal disintegration? / Bernt Glatzer -- The UN in Afghanistan: 'doing its best' or 'failure of a mission'? / William Maley -- Has Islamism a future in Afghanistan? / Olivier Roy -- The future of the state and the structure of community governance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani

This study seeks to penetrate the roots of the Taliban movement on Afghanistan, the factors which contributed to its sudden rise to prominence, and the implications of Taliban mobilization for the stability of Afghanistan and the region.