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This is the hardest part of the book to read. Rashid documents the systematic destruction of Afghan civil society: the ban on girls’ education, the obliteration of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the oppression of the Hazara minority, and the creation of a narcotics economy. Rashid argues that the Taliban did not stop the opium trade—they regulated and taxed it.

“They say they will clear the roads,” whispered an old shopkeeper beside Kassim. “They say the caravans from Pakistan will finally reach Herat without paying a dozen tolls.” taliban ahmed rashid pdf

The book has been updated multiple times to reflect changing dynamics in Afghanistan: This is the hardest part of the book to read