Introduction : interpreting the Taliban / William Maley
The Rabbani government, 1992-1996 / Amin Saikal
How the Taliban became a military force / Anthony Davis
Pakistan and the Taliban / Ahmed Rashid
The United States and the Taliban / Richard Mackenzie
Russia, Central Asia and the Taliban / Anthony Hyman
Saudi Arabia, Iran and the conflict in Afghanistan / Anwar-ul-haq Ahady
Dilemmas of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan / Michael Keating
Afghan women under the Taliban / Nancy Hatch Dupree
Is Afghanistan on the brink of ethnic and tribal disintegration? / Bernt Glatzer
The UN in Afghanistan: 'doing its best' or 'failure of a mission'? / William Maley
Has Islamism a future in Afghanistan? / Olivier Roy
The future of the state and the structure of community governance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani.
From the Book - [Rev. ed.]
Preface:Afghanistan and the Taliban, 1998-2001 / William Maley
Introduction : interpreting the Taliban / William Maley
The Rabbani government, 1992-1996 / Amin Saikal
How the Taliban became a military force / Anthony Davis
Pakistan and the Taliban / Ahmed Rashid
The United States and the Taliban / Richard Mackenzie
Russia, Central Asia and the Taliban / Anthony Hyman
Saudi Arabia, Iran and the conflict in Afghanistan / Anwar-ul-haq Ahady
Dilemmas of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan / Michael Keating
Afghan women under the Taliban / Nancy Hatch Dupree
Is Afghanistan on the brink of ethnic and tribal disintegration? / Bernt Glatzer
The UN in Afghanistan: 'doing its best' or 'failure of a mission'? / William Maley
Has Islamism a future in Afghanistan? / Olivier Roy
The future of the state and the structure of community governance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani.
