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Taliban books

A man prays at a bookstore in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP, 4 March 2025

Taliban Narratives (1) Books: “Who we are and why we fought”

Sharif Akram

Until recently, the Taliban was a movement that wrote little about itself, in contrast to others – especially foreigners, but also Afghans – who have written so much about them. This was rooted partly in their reticence to discuss their movement and partly in a need to focus on fighting, when social media was their […]

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