By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 7:26 am: Edit Post |
Here is a post from the Friends of Uzbekistan listserv with resources on Afghanistan:
Here are some insightful articles' web addresses
relating to current events that I found very
informative, well-researched and by reliable authors.
Coming to Grips With Jihad: "The Roots of Muslim Rage"
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/jihad.htm
The CIA poured billions into a jihad against
Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, creating a militant
Islamist brigade believed to have been involved in
bombings from Islamabad to New York.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96may/blowback.htm
The tribal lands of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
reveal the future of conflict in the Subcontinent,
along with the dark side of globalization.
The Taliban embody a lethal combination: a primitive
tribal creed, a fierce religious ideology, and the
sheer incompetence, naiveté, and cruelty that are
begot by isolation from the outside world and growing
up amid war without parents.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/09/kaplan.htm
Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central
Asia: Today, the U.S. has a "get Osama bin Laden policy" but
no effective Afghan policy.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/ba2000-08-09.htm
I hope you find these articles useful and informative.
Best regards,
Jamal Nasafi,
Peace Corps Fellow