Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and BeyondThis #1 New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban available This modern classic brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Central Asia into sharp focus. Ahmed Rashid offers an authoritative account of the Talibans rise to power, the effects of changing American attitudes toward it, and the new faces of Islamic fundamentalism, and explains why