The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Mass Mobilization, Civil War, and the Future of the Region

By: N. Nojumi

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Hardcover | 4 January 2002 | Edition Number 1

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On September 11, 2001, the world looked in horror at one of the most nefarious acts of terrorism in history. Neamatollah Nojumi explains how Afghanistan became the base for radical fundamentalism and provides critical understanding of how internal divisions and the devastating effects of foreign involvement undermined the resilience of Afghanistan's communities, led to the rise of the Taliban, and now presents a unique challenge to international efforts at nation building. As the cycle of yesterday's allies becoming today's enemies turns once again, The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan provides crucial insight into the tangled interaction of domestic, regional, and international politics that have bedeviled outsiders, plagued Afghans, and that threaten, absent judgement based on insight, to be a quagmire for the United States in the years ahead. This is essential reading in our troubled times.

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'The Rise of the Taliban is indispensable reading for people wishing to understand Afghanistan's socio-economic landscape and bloody history since the 1979 Soviet invasion. Nojumi is ideally positioned to provide the context critical to understanding the obstacles and opportunities ahead in achieving peace for Afghanistan.' - Ambassador Peter Thomsen, former Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance

'Woven into this history of abortive state-building is the constant of multifacted outside intervention...' - Foreign Affairs

'This book is essential reading for anyone curious about the Taliban's presence in Afghanistan.' - Toronto Globe & Mail

'...an important contribution to our understanding of the globalization of terror, especially its roots in the Afghanistan experience.' - Asian Affairs

'...timely and authentic...[with] details unavailable elsewhere...' - Choice

'The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan contains some valuable information and interpretations concerning recent events in Afghanistan.' - M. E. Yapp, Times Literary Supplement

'This book provides a comprehensive historical account and an interesting analysis of Afghanistan's political developments since the 1970s.' - ECPR Newsletter

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Chronology of Events	p. iv
List of Definitions and Abbreviations	p. v
Introduction	p. ix
Historical Background	p. 1
The Theory of Mass Mobilization	p. 11
Traditional Political System	p. 28
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	p. 41
The Phenomena of Civil War in Afghanistan	p. 60
Zonal Division of Afghanistan	p. 78
The Afghan Mujahideen and Mass Mobilization	p. 83
The First Phase of Civil War	p. 95
The Formation of a Third Movement	p. 105
Missing the Only Chance	p. 110
The Rise of the Taliban	p. 117
The Source of Taliban Forces in Afghanistan	p. 125
Taliban Tactics and Strategies	p. 134
The Political Ideology of the Taliban	p. 152
The Taliban Advance toward Mazar-e-Sharif	p. 158
The Road into the Future	p. 171
Afghanistan in the International System	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 206
Epilogue: The Afghan Connection to September 11	p. 220
Notes	p. 232
Bibliography	p. 248
Index	p. 252
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