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Afghanistan :: Asia
September 11, 2001 :: Incidents
IMU - Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan :: Terrorist Organizations
War on Terrorism :: Specific Conflicts

Afghanistan Under the Taliban - Articles, audio, video, in-depth analysis from CNN.com Asia.
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Analysis: Who are the Taleban? - BBC analyzes who the Taliban are and why they have the support of Afghans.
Meta Description: [ After four years in power, the Taleban are still no nearer to gaining international recognition as the government of Afghanistan, despite controlling 90% of the country. ]

Bush Gives Taliban $10 Million To Fight Opium - Brief, critical article from NOW's Womensenews.

Guardian Unlimited: Mullah Omar - in his own words - Translated text of a Voice of America interview of the Taliban leader.

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)

Journalism under the Taliban - Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs.

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.
Meta Description: [ no one wants to be the taliban's friend now -- but it wasn't so long ago that us energy companies actively courted the afghan regime, No one wants to be the Taliban's friend now -- but it wasn't so long ago that US energy companies actively courted the Afghan regime ]

Oil barons court Taliban in Texas - Daily Telegraph article describing the Taliban's junket to Texas at the invitation of Unocal.

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.

Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition - Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects.

Taliban: War for War's Sake - New York Times article focusing primarily on the destruction of art objects by the Taliban.

The Taliban - A Factsheet - History and information about the Taliban in Afghanistan from Oddsworld. Links to related websites.
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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.
Meta Description: [ War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan | Written at the end of 1997, barely a year after the Taliban took Kabul, this study is obviously somewhat dated... ]

The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan - Executive summary of a report issued by Physicians for Human Rights.
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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.

Who are the Taliban? - Report by AsiaSource, with links to news articles and commentary.

404 Who Are the Taliban? - Detailed article written by supporters of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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.
Meta Description: [ Why the Taliban are destroying Buddhas By W.L. Rathje, Discover Archaeology Magazine In the Diamond Sutra, the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni (whose lifetime crossed the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.), says to a disciple: Thousands of lifetimes ago... ]