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Articles, audio, video, in-depth analysis from CNN.com Asia.
www.cnn.com
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.
www.usatoday.com
The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan
Executive summary of a report issued by Physicians for Human Rights.
www.phrusa.org
Bush Gives Taliban $10 Million To Fight Opium
Brief, critical article from NOW's Womensenews.
www.womensenews.org
Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition
Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects.
www.nytimes.com
New York Times article focusing primarily on the destruction of art objects by the Taliban.
www.nytimes.com
Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa.
www.pbs.org
Guardian Unlimited: Mullah Omar - in his own words
Translated text of a Voice of America interview of the Taliban leader.
www.guardian.co.uk
A review by Danny Yee of a 1998 book on the Taliban, written by someone who worked as an NGO coordinator for Afghanistan.
dannyreviews.com
Energy politics helped set the stage for the current conflict, as at least one US oil company, California-based Unocal, recently courted the Taliban to close a deal to build a pipeline across the country.
www.motherjones.com
History and information about the Taliban in Afghanistan from Oddsworld. Links to related websites.
www.oddsworld.co.uk
Report by AsiaSource, with links to news articles and commentary.
www.asiasource.org
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The official Taliban Website last updated in August 2001, reconstructed for research purposes by the Afghan Historical Society.
www.geocities.com
The Taliban: Exporting Extremism
A essay by Ahmed Rashid on the history of the movement and its threat to the surrounding region, from Foreign Affairs.
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Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs.
www.cpj.org