Preface and Introduction to the Third Edition
Preface and Acknowledgements
Maps
Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors
Part 1: History of the Taliban Movement
Chapter 1 Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban
Chapter 2 Herat 1995: God’s Invincible Soldiers
Chapter 3 Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful
Chapter 4 Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North
Chapter 5 Bamiyan 1998–99: The Never-Ending War
Part 2: Islam and the Taliban
Chapter 6 Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban
Chapter 7 Secret Society: The Taliban’s Political and Military Organization
Chapter 8 A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture
Chapter 9 High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy
Chapter 10 Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden
Part 3: The New Great Game
Chapter 11 Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel
Chapter 12 Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994–96
Chapter 13 Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997–99 – The USA and the Taliban
Chapter 14 Master or Victim: Pakistan’s Afghan War
Chapter 15 Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Chapter 16 Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan
Chapter 17 The Taliban Resurgent 2000–2009
Appendices
Notes