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Abdul Mujahid of The Taliban
Listen to an audio file or read the speech made by ambassador-designate of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Hakeem Mujahid.
http://www.saja.org/mujahid.html |
ISIM: The Taliban Enigma
M. Nazif Shahrani examines factors in Afghan history and political culture that gave rise to the militant movement. (Page 20 of the PDF document) (October, 2000)
http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_6.pdf |
Journalism under the Taliban
Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs.
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/1999/Taliban/Taliban15dec99.html |
Mother Jones: Pipe Dreams
Energy politics helped set the stage for the current conflict, as at least one US oil company, California-based Unocal, recently courted the Taliban to close a deal to build a pipeline across the country. (October 12, 2001)
http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/features/news/pipedreams.html |
PBS News: The Taliban
Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa. (August 21, 1998)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec98/taliban_8-21.html |
The Taliban - A Factsheet
History and information about the Taliban in Afghanistan from Oddsworld. Links to related websites.
http://www.oddsworld.co.uk/factsheet/taliban.html |
The Taliban by Peter Marsden
A review by Danny Yee of a 1998 book on the Taliban, written by someone who worked as an NGO coordinator for Afghanistan.
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Taliban.html |
The Taliban: Exporting Extremism
A essay by Ahmed Rashid on the history of the movement and its threat to the surrounding region, from Foreign Affairs. (November, 1999)
http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/Terrorism/think_tank/taliban_extremism_fa_nov_99.htm |
Who are the Taliban?
Report by AsiaSource, with links to news articles and commentary. (September 21, 2001)
http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=61691 |
Why the Taliban are Destroying Buddhas
Why the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images which resulted in the destruction of statues of Buddha. (August 13, 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm |
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