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BBC News - Special Reports: Taliban Conflict - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/afghanistan_pakistan/default.stm
Ongoing coverage focusing on the Taliban groups of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes history, maps, videos and interactives. |
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Asia Source - Who are the Taliban? - http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=61691
Report includes links to related news articles and commentary. |
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BBC News - Who are the Taliban? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm
Ongoing coverage of the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
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The New York Times - Topics: Taliban - http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/taliban/index.html
Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photos, multimedia and selected web resources. |
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Wikipedia - Taliban - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the Taliban includes its history, ideology, wars and international relations. |
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PBS News: The Taliban - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec98/taliban_8-21.html
Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa. |
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The Taliban: Exporting Extremism - http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/Terrorism/think_tank/taliban_extremism_fa_nov_99.htm
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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Journalism under the Taliban - http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/1999/Taliban/Taliban15dec99.html
Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs. |
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Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/world/19TALI.html?searchpv=nytToday
Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects. |
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Why the Taliban are Destroying Buddhas - http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm
Why the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images which resulted in the destruction of statues of Buddha. |