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Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

Paperback |English |0755647106 | 9780755647101

Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

Paperback |English |0755647106 | 9780755647101
Overview

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021, the group had seized control of the entire country. Taliban is a New York Times bestseller by the award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid. Now considered a modern classic, the book provides rare insight into the history of the Taliban, their political movement, their leaders and their aims. This authoritative account is renowned for being able to explain one of the world's most extreme organizations from their inception in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s to their rise to power. In doing so, Rashid closely details their impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, and how and why the Taliban spread, including their relationship with both Al-Qaeda and the U.S. The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 40 languages. This third edition marks twenty years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and the author adds a new introduction to reflect on how the group regained their strength, the humanitarian crisis, and what Taliban rule is likely to mean for the region and the world.
ISBN: 0755647106
ISBN13: 9780755647101
Author: Ahmed Rashid
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2022-03-24
Language: English
Edition: 3
PageCount: 352
Dimensions: 5.08 x 1.0 x 7.79 inches
Weight: 13.28 ounces

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021, the group had seized control of the entire country. Taliban is a New York Times bestseller by the award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid. Now considered a modern classic, the book provides rare insight into the history of the Taliban, their political movement, their leaders and their aims. This authoritative account is renowned for being able to explain one of the world's most extreme organizations from their inception in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s to their rise to power. In doing so, Rashid closely details their impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, and how and why the Taliban spread, including their relationship with both Al-Qaeda and the U.S. The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 40 languages. This third edition marks twenty years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and the author adds a new introduction to reflect on how the group regained their strength, the humanitarian crisis, and what Taliban rule is likely to mean for the region and the world.
Editorial Reviews


[Rashid is] Pakistan's best and bravest reporter. - Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair


A must read. - Larry P. Goodson, New York Times
[A] supremely insightful book about Afghanistan's Taliban regime. . . . Rashid bases his account on detailed reporting and travel throughout Afghanistan and interviews with most of the Taliban's elusive top leadership. As a narrative, it is gripping. . . . Rashid's book is superbly reported, a window into a world that remains largely closed to American eyes. - Shankar Vedantam, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rashid's densely detailed reportage portrays a country in ruins and the people who seek to control it. . . . Anyone contemplating new adventures in Afghanistan--whether to save its women from persecution, rescue the state from further fragmentation or save themselves from terrorist backlash--might first consult Rashid's book. - Paula R. Newberg, San Francisco Chronicle
The standard work in English on the Taliban. - Christopher de Bellaigue, New York Review of Books
[A] thorough, authoritative exegesis. - Peter Bergen, Washington Post Book World
The author describes the insights he has gained, through personal experience of Afghanistan over the past decade, into the secretive and bizarre Taliban leadership. - Richard Beeston, New Statesman
Read this remarkable book and the bewildering complexity of Afghan politics and the deadly over-spill of chaos, narcotics and sectarian violence into the surrounding region will become clear. - Patrick Seale, Sunday Times
The first credible account of the rise to power of the Taliban. - Tariq Ali, New Left Review
Rashid has a feel for the characters in this imbroglio, who are as outlandish as any from the old Great Game. - Rupert Edis, Sunday Telegraph
the book they are all reading. - The Guardian
[An] excellent study - Financial Times
It took our political classes an unconscionable time to wake up to the importance of Ahmed Rashid's definitive study of the Taliban. The book has been a phenomenal success. - The Independent
a chilling and masterly study of the Taliban. - Times Literary Supplement
It is the contention of Mr. Rashid's very capable book on the Taliban that the outside world ignores Afghanistan at its peril - James Buchan, Evening Standard
An excellent political and historical account of the movement's rise to power. - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Ahmed Rashid's book describes the stuff that Bond [films] are made of. Warring tribes, clashing empires, fanatics with dreams of world domination, violence and sex. . If anyone understands the place Rashid does. - Jason Burke, Observer
Rashid tells a complicated story clearly. He places the rise of the Taliban in the context of the Afghan civil war, the energy polices of the Central Asian republics and the interests of American, Saudi and Pakistani intelligence services. - Robin Banerji, Daily Telegraph
This is a riveting, balanced and well-informed book. - International Herald Tribune
In this excellent, highly readable book, Ahmed Rashid succeeds in mixing detailed analysis not only with anecdote but also with a heartfelt sympathy for innocent peoples who for decades have been caught up in games of international rivalry and who appear fated to remain forever in a Hobbesian state of war. - Roger Howard, Spectator
Rashid has written the most thorough account of the Taliban to date, and has enclosed it within a history of Afghanistan relating back to the Great Game. - Neil Quilliam, BRISMES Newsletter
Thanks to Ahmed Rashid's analysis of the manoeuvrings of companies and governments, oil executives now have an up-to-date bible. and those interested in the new Turkic republics can get a sense of where these mysterious entities may be heading. - Michael Church, Independent
[
Taliban] is said to have had a deep influence on Tony Blair's current thinking. It has also become the focus of intensive diplomatic scrutiny as US policy makers scramble to formulate plans for a stable regime to succeed the Taliban. - Timur Moon, Sunday Express
The most important book of the year. - Bianca Jagger 'A Good Read', BBC Radio 4
This is a fine book - erudite, concise, surefooted, packed with information and insightful, easy to read. - Dilip Hiro, Middle East International
Required reading not only for specialists, but for anyone who wishes to learn how the wider world

contributed to the emergence of a parish regime from the wreckage of Afghans' courageous struggle against the armed forces of the Soviet Union. - William Maley, The World Today
[A] valuable and informative work. - Richard Bernstein, New York Times
Ahmed Rashid is to be complimented for this factual, readable and thought provoking work. - Asian News
A fabulous piece of journalism. - Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and Fire
The best book on the Taliban. - L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs
Virtually the only informed work on the men who, since 1994, have ruled almost all of Afghanistan. . . . [An] indispensable book. - Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times Book Review


Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who reports for the BBC Online,
The New York Times,
The Financial Times,
The New York Review of Books, Spain's
El Mundo and newspapers in Pakistan. He broadcasts regularly with the BBC, CNN and other international news organisations. He has twice been selected for the list of 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' by Foreign Policy. He has been covering the wars in Afghanistan, as well as the wars in Pakistan and Tajikistan, since 1979. He is the author of
Descent into Chaos and
Jihad.
 

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Overview

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021, the group had seized control of the entire country. Taliban is a New York Times bestseller by the award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid. Now considered a modern classic, the book provides rare insight into the history of the Taliban, their political movement, their leaders and their aims. This authoritative account is renowned for being able to explain one of the world's most extreme organizations from their inception in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s to their rise to power. In doing so, Rashid closely details their impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, and how and why the Taliban spread, including their relationship with both Al-Qaeda and the U.S. The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 40 languages. This third edition marks twenty years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and the author adds a new introduction to reflect on how the group regained their strength, the humanitarian crisis, and what Taliban rule is likely to mean for the region and the world.
ISBN: 0755647106
ISBN13: 9780755647101
Author: Ahmed Rashid
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2022-03-24
Language: English
Edition: 3
PageCount: 352
Dimensions: 5.08 x 1.0 x 7.79 inches
Weight: 13.28 ounces

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021, the group had seized control of the entire country. Taliban is a New York Times bestseller by the award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid. Now considered a modern classic, the book provides rare insight into the history of the Taliban, their political movement, their leaders and their aims. This authoritative account is renowned for being able to explain one of the world's most extreme organizations from their inception in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s to their rise to power. In doing so, Rashid closely details their impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, and how and why the Taliban spread, including their relationship with both Al-Qaeda and the U.S. The book has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 40 languages. This third edition marks twenty years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and the author adds a new introduction to reflect on how the group regained their strength, the humanitarian crisis, and what Taliban rule is likely to mean for the region and the world.
Editorial Reviews


[Rashid is] Pakistan's best and bravest reporter. - Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair


A must read. - Larry P. Goodson, New York Times
[A] supremely insightful book about Afghanistan's Taliban regime. . . . Rashid bases his account on detailed reporting and travel throughout Afghanistan and interviews with most of the Taliban's elusive top leadership. As a narrative, it is gripping. . . . Rashid's book is superbly reported, a window into a world that remains largely closed to American eyes. - Shankar Vedantam, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rashid's densely detailed reportage portrays a country in ruins and the people who seek to control it. . . . Anyone contemplating new adventures in Afghanistan--whether to save its women from persecution, rescue the state from further fragmentation or save themselves from terrorist backlash--might first consult Rashid's book. - Paula R. Newberg, San Francisco Chronicle
The standard work in English on the Taliban. - Christopher de Bellaigue, New York Review of Books
[A] thorough, authoritative exegesis. - Peter Bergen, Washington Post Book World
The author describes the insights he has gained, through personal experience of Afghanistan over the past decade, into the secretive and bizarre Taliban leadership. - Richard Beeston, New Statesman
Read this remarkable book and the bewildering complexity of Afghan politics and the deadly over-spill of chaos, narcotics and sectarian violence into the surrounding region will become clear. - Patrick Seale, Sunday Times
The first credible account of the rise to power of the Taliban. - Tariq Ali, New Left Review
Rashid has a feel for the characters in this imbroglio, who are as outlandish as any from the old Great Game. - Rupert Edis, Sunday Telegraph
the book they are all reading. - The Guardian
[An] excellent study - Financial Times
It took our political classes an unconscionable time to wake up to the importance of Ahmed Rashid's definitive study of the Taliban. The book has been a phenomenal success. - The Independent
a chilling and masterly study of the Taliban. - Times Literary Supplement
It is the contention of Mr. Rashid's very capable book on the Taliban that the outside world ignores Afghanistan at its peril - James Buchan, Evening Standard
An excellent political and historical account of the movement's rise to power. - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Ahmed Rashid's book describes the stuff that Bond [films] are made of. Warring tribes, clashing empires, fanatics with dreams of world domination, violence and sex. . If anyone understands the place Rashid does. - Jason Burke, Observer
Rashid tells a complicated story clearly. He places the rise of the Taliban in the context of the Afghan civil war, the energy polices of the Central Asian republics and the interests of American, Saudi and Pakistani intelligence services. - Robin Banerji, Daily Telegraph
This is a riveting, balanced and well-informed book. - International Herald Tribune
In this excellent, highly readable book, Ahmed Rashid succeeds in mixing detailed analysis not only with anecdote but also with a heartfelt sympathy for innocent peoples who for decades have been caught up in games of international rivalry and who appear fated to remain forever in a Hobbesian state of war. - Roger Howard, Spectator
Rashid has written the most thorough account of the Taliban to date, and has enclosed it within a history of Afghanistan relating back to the Great Game. - Neil Quilliam, BRISMES Newsletter
Thanks to Ahmed Rashid's analysis of the manoeuvrings of companies and governments, oil executives now have an up-to-date bible. and those interested in the new Turkic republics can get a sense of where these mysterious entities may be heading. - Michael Church, Independent
[
Taliban] is said to have had a deep influence on Tony Blair's current thinking. It has also become the focus of intensive diplomatic scrutiny as US policy makers scramble to formulate plans for a stable regime to succeed the Taliban. - Timur Moon, Sunday Express
The most important book of the year. - Bianca Jagger 'A Good Read', BBC Radio 4
This is a fine book - erudite, concise, surefooted, packed with information and insightful, easy to read. - Dilip Hiro, Middle East International
Required reading not only for specialists, but for anyone who wishes to learn how the wider world

contributed to the emergence of a parish regime from the wreckage of Afghans' courageous struggle against the armed forces of the Soviet Union. - William Maley, The World Today
[A] valuable and informative work. - Richard Bernstein, New York Times
Ahmed Rashid is to be complimented for this factual, readable and thought provoking work. - Asian News
A fabulous piece of journalism. - Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and Fire
The best book on the Taliban. - L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs
Virtually the only informed work on the men who, since 1994, have ruled almost all of Afghanistan. . . . [An] indispensable book. - Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times Book Review


Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who reports for the BBC Online,
The New York Times,
The Financial Times,
The New York Review of Books, Spain's
El Mundo and newspapers in Pakistan. He broadcasts regularly with the BBC, CNN and other international news organisations. He has twice been selected for the list of 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' by Foreign Policy. He has been covering the wars in Afghanistan, as well as the wars in Pakistan and Tajikistan, since 1979. He is the author of
Descent into Chaos and
Jihad.
 

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The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. This period excludes delivery times, which depend on your geographic location.

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  • Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days

Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.  

Tracking
All orders are shipped with a tracking number. Once your order has left our warehouse, a confirmation e-mail with a tracking number will be sent to you. You will be able to track your package at all times. 

Damaged Parcel
If your package has been delivered in a PO Box, please note that we are not responsible for any damage that may result (consequences of extreme temperatures, theft, etc.). 

If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.

You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.

Additional non-returnable items:

  • Gift cards
  • Downloadable software products
  • Some health and personal care items

To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)

  • Book with obvious signs of use
  • CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
  • Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
  • Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery

Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.

Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.

If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:

  • Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
  • Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
  • Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.


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We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.

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If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.

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