Islam's Buccaneers With the United States prepared for a showdown
with the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, the first big war of the 21st century
is set to become a clash of civilisations. Pitted against the most modern
superpower in the world is a country which revels in and looks forward to
its medieval past.
PAKISTAN
Price
Of A Deal Musharraf may have bent backwards
in a bid to make his country the standard bearer of the US in the region.
Of course, there are financial rewards for Pakistan, but the fear of a
fundamentalist backlash continues to keep the nation on tenterhooks.
AFGHANISTAN
Circle
Of Death Violence fuelled by bigotry
and foreign money brought the Taliban to power. Now as things come full
circle the Islamic militia may meet an equally brutal end.
IMAGES
Afghanistan
1978-2001 Its women once enjoyed social freedom, and there was joy and
peace. It is now a country perverted by the missionaries of a grim utopia.
A social history in pictures.
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