Web Directory

» Asia Source: Who are the Taliban?
   Report includes links to related news articles and commentary.
   http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=61691

» BBC News - Analysis: Who are the Taleban?
   BBC analyzes who the Taliban are and why they have the support of Afghans.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/144382.stm

» BBC News - Special Reports: Taliban Conflict
   Ongoing coverage focusing on the Taliban groups of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes history, maps, videos and interactives.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/afghanistan_pakistan/default.stm

» BBC News - Who are the Taliban?
   Ongoing coverage of the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm

» CPJ: Journalism under the Taliban
   Report on Afghan journalists working under the Taliban in 1999. From the Committee to Protect Journalists.
   http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/1999/Taliban/Taliban15dec99.html

» Council on Foreign Relations - The Taliban in Afghanistan
   Extensive backgrounder report includes links to related materials.
   http://www.cfr.org/publication/10551/

» DAWN.com - Battling Taliban: Where Does It Stop?
   Ongoing coverage of Pakistan's fight against the Taliban with news, analysis and commentary.
   http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/news/specials/

» Danny Yee's Book Reviews - The Taliban by Peter Marsden
   A review of a 1998 book on the Taliban, written by Peter Marsden, a former NGO coordinator for Afghanistan.
   http://dannyreviews.com/h/Taliban.html

» Foreign Affairs: The Taliban: Exporting Extremism
   A essay by Ahmed Rashid on the history of the movement and its threat to the surrounding region.
   http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/Terrorism/think_tank/taliban_extremism_fa_nov_99.htm

» Guardian Unlimited: Mullah Omar - in his own words
   Translated text of a Voice of America interview of the Taliban leader.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/26/afghanistan.features11

» ICOS - Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance
   Reports on the status of the Taliban in Afghanistan, with videos, maps and photos. From the International Council on Security and Development.
   http://icosgroup.net/modules/reports/struggle_for_kabul

» Mother Jones: Pipe Dreams
   Energy politics helped set the stage for the current conflict, as at least one US oil company, California-based Unocal, courted the Taliban to close a deal to build a pipeline across the country.
   http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/10/pipedreams.html

» New York Times: Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition
   Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/world/19TALI.html?searchpv=nytToday

» New York Times: Taliban: War for War's Sake
   Reporting on the destruction of art objects by the Taliban.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/weekinreview/18CROS.html?searchpv=nytToday

» Newsweek.com - The Taliban in Their Own Words
   October 2009 special report on the Taliban with interviews, profiles and interactive map.
   http://www.newsweek.com/id/216235

» PBS News: The Taliban
   Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa.
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec98/taliban_8-21.html

» The New York Times - Topics: Taliban
   Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photos, multimedia and selected web resources.
   http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/taliban/index.html

» USA Today: Why the Taliban are Destroying Buddhas
   Why the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images which resulted in the destruction of statues of Buddha.
   http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm

» Wikipedia - Taliban
   Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the Taliban includes its history, ideology, wars and international relations.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban

» Women's eNews: Bush Gives Taliban $10 Million To Fight Opium
   "The Bush administration has given Afghanistan $43 million including $10 million for “other livelihood and food security programs,” a reference to the ruling Taliban's ban on poppy cultivation that dramatically changed the economy of the war-torn nati
   http://www.womensenews.org/story/cheers-and-jeers/010526/bush-gives-taliban-10-million-fight-opium