The Persistent Myth of Pre-Taliban Anarchy

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  1. On April 25, 2007 at 1:34 pm The Conjecturer » News Brief, I Want to Be Your Sledgehammer Edition Said:

    [...] posts on the myth of pre-Taliban anarchy. I haven’t bothered to check his many sources, but assuming he is right, then my suspicions [...]

  2. On April 25, 2007 at 1:47 pm A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, I Want to Be Your Sledgehammer Edition Said:

    [...] posts on the myth of pre-Taliban anarchy. I haven’t bothered to check his many sources, but assuming he is right, then my suspicions about [...]

  3. On April 25, 2007 at 3:12 pm Global Voices Online » Afghanistan: Pre-Taliban Anarchy? Said:

    [...] argues that the idea that anarchy prevailed in pre-Taliban Afgahnistan is a myth. Share [...]

  4. On May 10, 2007 at 4:34 am Central Asia » Blog Archive » Afghanistan: Making distinctions, exposing clichés Said:

    [...] That Pre-Taliban anarchy: C. over at Afghanistanica wrote a great piece that suggests our notion of pre-Taliban anarchy comes from Taliban propaganda [...]

  5. On January 1, 2008 at 6:18 pm The Conjecturer » Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence, by Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls Said:

    [...] crosses the line into the territory of Taliban propaganda, starting with their insistence in the myth of pre-Taliban anarchy. Other ways they try to unfavorably contrast the purdah of the mujahideen with the harsh [...]

  6. On February 19, 2008 at 8:56 pm A Second Hand Conjecture » Bookends to War: Afghanistan by Louis Dupree, and Taliban by Ahmed Rashid Said:

    [...] on Afghanistanica’s work here, but he has done excellent research into these topics) is the myth of pre-Taliban anarchy—which formed one of the bases for Khaled Hosseini’s last weepfest. While the Taliban [...]

  7. On July 3, 2008 at 8:19 pm The Taliban, Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery « Ghosts of Alexander Said:

    [...] get into that though. You can read about the revisionism and false history of the Taliban era here: “The Persistent Myth of Pre-Taliban Anarchy” at Afghanistanica. That article has all the academics citations, caveats and supporting arguments (plus a link to a [...]

  8. On October 20, 2008 at 1:17 pm Rant of the Week: 10/19/08-10/25/08 » The Ethereal Voice Said:

    [...] This week’s rant of the week is The Persistent Myth of Pre-Taliban Anarchy [...]


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