Book Excerpt: 'The Taliban Revival' - Asia Society
Book Excerpt: 'The Taliban Revival' by Hassan Abbas June 26th, 2014 by Asia Society In 2001, when NATO forces entered Afghanistan in their offensive against Al-Qaeda, they also aimed to eradicate the Taliban, Islamic fundamentalists who had lent help to Osama bin Laden. The Taliban were flushed out of Afghanistan's major cities and a new, interim government under Hamid Karzai was