Taliban: The Unknown Enemy

by James Fergusson

Book Overview

From a small group of religious students formed in 1994, the Taliban quickly grew into a national movement that occupied all of Afghanistan. Led by the mysterious Mullah Omar, the group established a theocracy based on strict observance of Sharia law. When the Americans overthrew the Taliban in 2001, the United States thought the regime had been defeated. Yet today, nine years later, the Taliban continue to wage a bloody insurgency. In this extraordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306820331
• ISBN13: 9780306820335
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"