Taliban : A Face of Terrorism

Contents: Preface. 1. What is Taliban? 2. Taliban ideology an overview. 3. Talibanization. 4. Life under the Taliban regime. 5. International relations. 6. U.S.--led invasion and displacement of the Taliban. 7. Resurgence of the Taliban. 8.Al-Qaeda connection. 9. Opposing U.S.A. 10. Timeline of Al-Qaeda attacks. 11. War on terrorism. 12. Taliban treatment of women. 13. A thousand splendid suns. 14. Pakistan and state terrorism. 15. Deobandi. 16. Combating terrorism. 17. The UN set a precedent, legitimizing unilateral force. 18. Globalizing the ban on terrorism. 19. U.S. leadership. 20. Taliban and the drug trade. 21. Afghanistan, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. 22. Taliban or terrorist? some reflections on Taliban's ideology. 23. The war in Afghanistan: more help needed. 24. Bin Laden and the bomb. 25. The cost of war in Afghanistan. 26. A profile of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. 27. The FMF campaign for Afghan women and girls. 28. The Taliban, Al Qaeda, and the determination of illegal combatants. 29. STOP gender apartheid in Afghanistan. 30. Profiling the Taliban threat to India. 31. Will Taliban replace war for negotiation? 32. Disrupting the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan. 33. The security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. 34. Pakistan: adjusting relations with the Taliban under U.S. pressure. 35. U.S. and international aid to Afghanistan and development issues. 36. International terrorism in South Asia. 37. Empowering "soft" Taliban over "hard" Taliban. 38. Why gender matters in understanding Sep. 11, 2001. 39. The 'collapsing' tripartite alliance of Pakistan. 40. Negotiations with Taliban may shape a new Afghanistan. 41. Bin Ladin sees US terrorism listing as good for Taliban. 42. The hunt is on for Osama bin Laden.

"From past twenty years, Taliban's are keeps on growing their stretcher in political fields in many countries by applying the tool of terrorism. It has turned out as a horror face of humanity.

This book is trying to deal with relation of Taliban's with Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, USA and many other countries those who are affected by them. Role of NATO and military forces applied against the Taliban is also a critical aspect of discussion.

This book has discussed about the birth of Taliban, turning them as rebellion and finally a face of terror. Whole Indian sub-continent is facing terrorism. The critical conflict is against the ideology of a chauvinistic theocracy that seeks to remould the Muslim world into a regressive region from which it can assault every aspect of modernity, whether that be in political space or the social sphere." (jacket)