Mullah Mohammed Omar
Profile: Mullah Mohammed Omar, Russians Claim to Have Interviewed Mullah Omar
Abdul Mujahid of The Taliban
Listen to an audio file or read the speech made by ambassador-designate of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Hakeem Mujahid.
Afghanistan Under the Taliban
Articles, audio, video, in-depth analysis from CNN.com Asia.
Analysis: Who are the Taleban?
BBC analyzes who the Taliban are and why they have the support of Afghans.
Bush Gives Taliban $10 Million To Fight Opium
Brief, critical article from NOW's Womensenews.
Global Learning Outreach: Constituting War in Tali
Roving Afghanistan Ambassador Sayyid Rahmatullah Hashemi's speech at the University of Southern California on March 10, 2001.
Guardian Unlimited: Mullah Omar - in his own words
Translated text of a Voice of America interview of the Taliban leader.
ISIM: The Taliban Enigma
M. Nazif Shahrani examines factors in Afghan history and political culture that gave rise to the militant movement. (Page 20 of the PDF document)
Journalism under the Taliban
Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs.
Mother Jones: Pipe Dreams
Energy politics helped set the stage for the current conflict, as at least one US oil company, California-based Unocal, recently courted the Taliban to close a deal to build a pipeline across the country.
Oil barons court Taliban in Texas
Daily Telegraph article describing the Taliban's junket to Texas at the invitation of Unocal.
PBS News: The Taliban
Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa.
Taliban Bars Internet in Afghanistan
From Reuters.
Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition
Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects.
Taliban: War for War's Sake
New York Times article focusing primarily on the destruction of art objects by the Taliban.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The official Taliban Website last updated in August 2001, reconstructed for research purposes by the Afghan Historical Society.
The Islamic Taliban Movement and the Dangers of Re
Abu Abdul Aziz Al-Afghani provides a pro-Taliban profile of the militant movement and warns about regional assimilation.
The Taliban - A Factsheet
History and information about the Taliban in Afghanistan from Oddsworld. Links to related websites.
The Taliban by Peter Marsden
A review by Danny Yee of a 1998 book on the Taliban, written by someone who worked as an NGO coordinator for Afghanistan.
The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Huma
Executive summary of a report issued by Physicians for Human Rights.
The Taliban, Afghanistan's Fundamentalist Lea
Canadian Broadcasting Company analyzes who the Taliban are.
The Taliban: Exporting Extremism
A essay by Ahmed Rashid on the history of the movement and its threat to the surrounding region, from Foreign Affairs.
War of words
On Mon., Jan. 24, Taliban Ambassador Designate to the United Nations Abdul Hakeem Mujahid defended the policies of the Taliban, the de facto government of Afghanistan.
Who are the Taliban?
Report by AsiaSource, with links to news articles and commentary.
Who Are the Taliban?
Detailed article written by supporters of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Why the Taliban are Destroying Buddhas
Why the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images which resulted in the destruction of statues of Buddha.