8. Red Mosque

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. 1. Political Struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands 17
5. 2. The Transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border 30
6. 3. Religious Revivalism across the Durand Line 45
7. 4. Taliban, Real and Imagined 60
8. 5. Quandaries of the Afghan Nation 83
9. 6. How Tribal Are the Taliban? 102
10. 7. Ethnic Minorities in Search of Political Consolidation 136
11. 8. Red Mosque 153
12. 9. Madrasa Statistics Don’t Support the Myth 162
13. 10. Will Sufi Islam Save Pakistan? 174
14. 11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration 192
15. 12. The Afghan Mediascape 215
16. 13. Women and the Drug Trade in Afghanistan 236
17. Epilogue 257
18. Notes. Recommended Readings. Contributors. Acknowledgments. Index.
19. Notes 265
20. Recommended Readings 309
21. Contributors 311
22. Acknowledgments 315
23. Index 317