Shades of gray: The Taliban phenomenon

  • Jon Stephenson

Abstract

Review book by James Fergusson Publication date: May, 2010

''I just can't understand the Americans,’ an Afghan mullah tells British writer James Fergusson. ‘What they are doing makes no sense—and if they go on as they are, the whole country will rise against them.’ The mullah—an educated, apolitical man, fluent in five languages—is hauled from his bed one night by US commandos. Beaten and dragged off to the notorious Bagram detention centre, he is later released, but is so outraged he joins the Taliban.'

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Published
31-05-2011
How to Cite
Stephenson, J. (2011). Shades of gray: The Taliban phenomenon. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 17(1), 235-237. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v17i1.383