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Article: The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997. (Book Reviews).
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- Middle East Policy
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- December 1, 2001
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The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997, by Kamal Matinuddin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 283 pages with notes, glossary and bibliography. $20.00, hardcover.
As the events of September 11 continued to replay in homes and offices across the nation, the United States discovered it was completely ignorant of the plight of the Afghan people as well as the obscure Taliban militia that had laid claim to their government. With America coming to terms with the terror attacks of September 11, attention quickly turned to Afghanistan, a nation that had previously held little significance among the nation's policy and planning set. Osama bin Laden, his ...