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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-16 - Publisher: Hurst & Company Limited
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Pages: 390
Pages: 390
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Introduction --The collapse of the Emirate and the early regrouping, 2002-4 --The apogeum of the Quetta Shura, 2005-9 --The emergence of alternative centres of
Language: en
Pages: 443
Pages: 443
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
[This book] explores ... how has a seemingly anachronistic band of religious zealots managed to retain a tenacious foothold in the struggle for Afghanistan's fu
Language: en
Pages: 572
Pages: 572
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Who are the Taliban? Are they a militant movement? Are they religious scholars? The fact that these and other questions are still raised with frequency is testi
Language: en
Pages: 254
Pages: 254
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
In October 2001, the Bush administration sent Amb. James F. Dobbins, who had overseen nation-building efforts in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, to war-torn