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Opposing viewpoints |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Who are the Taliban? The Taliban are a Pashtun nationalist movement / Michael J. Totten ; The Taliban are part of global Jihadism and allied with al Qaeda / Scott Baldauf and Owais Tohid ; The Taliban cannot be categorized easily as any one movement / Anand Gopal ; The Taliban are funded by money from narcotics / Hayder Mili ; All of Afghanistan, not just the Taliban, relies on money from narcotics / Ted Galen Carpenter -- How should the United States deal with the Taliban? The Taliban threaten vital U.S. interests / Barack Obama ; The Taliban are not a threat to the United States / John Mueller ; The Taliban are winning the war in Afghanistan / Kimberly Kagan ; The United States is well positioned to win the war in Afghanistan / Peter Bergen ; America must negotiate with the Taliban / Andrew Blandford ; America should not negotiate with the Taliban / Inge Fryklund -- What is the Taliban's relationship with Pakistan? Pakistan opposes the Taliban / Husain Haqqani ; Pakistan aids the Taliban / Selig S. Harrison ; Pakistan has capitulated to the Taliban / Susanne Koelbl ; Pakistan seeks role as mediator in possible Taliban-Afghanistan peace talks / Pamela Constable ; Pakistan has done a poor job negotiating with the Taliban / Sharad Joshi ; The U.S. war may allow the Taliban to seize control of Pakistan / Pratap Chatterjee ; Military cooperation between the United States and Pakistan can help defeat the Taliban / Eli Clifton and Charles Fromm ; Pakistani civilian authorities, not the military, must address the Taliban crisis / Shuja Nawaz -- What is the Taliban's relationship with other nations? Iran opposes the Taliban / Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (STRATFOR) ; The Taliban may be obtaining Chinese weapons from Iran / Ron Synovitz ; Russia and China are working to contain the Taliban / Dmitry Shlapentokh ; Money from individuals in Russia and Saudi Arabia helps support the Taliban / Ryan Mauro ; Saudi Arabia tacitly supports the Taliban / Rachel Ehrenfeld ; Saudi Arabia could act as an arbiter with the Taliban / Michael Shank. |
| Access |
Access limited to licensed institutions. |
| Summary |
Several articles discuss issues surrounding the Afghanistan war. |
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This volume explores the topic of the Taliban by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions. |
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Taliban -- Juvenile literature.
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Taliban.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Juvenile literature.
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Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001 -- Juvenile literature.
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Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021 -- Juvenile literature.
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Afghanistan -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berlatsky, Noah.
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| ISBN |
9780737752403 (pbk.) |
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0737752408 (pbk.) |
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9780737752397 (hardcover) |
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0737752394 (hardcover) |
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