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Obedience to the Amir: An early text on the Afghan Taliban Movement (First Draft Publishing / Primary) by [Mufti Rasheed Ludhianvi, Michael Semple, Yameema Mitha]

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In the last year of the Taliban's government in Afghanistan, visitors to Mullah Omar's office in Kandahar received a parting gift. As they left, the movement's supreme leader asked them to take a slim volume from a pile beside the door. He told them that if they wanted to know how the Taliban were meant to behave, they should read the book. The books which Mullah Omar handed out were Pashto and Farsi translation of Eta’t Amir, or 'Obedience to the Leader'. Mufti Rasheed published the original in Urdu after having toured Taliban-run Afghanistan. Mullah Omar's endorsement indicates that he believed that Rasheed had captured the essence of the Taliban Movement. Michael Semple and Yameema Mitha have translated this important primary source and added a commentary and appraisal.

"In war, and especially guerrilla war, the best organised party is likely to win. While numbers of fighters and weapons count, organisation determines whether the leader can use them. This book is the guide the Afghan Taliban used to organise themselves differently from other Afghan groups. Anyone who wants to defeat them or negotiate with them should understand the organisational principles that guide them."

-- Barnett R. Rubin, Center on International Cooperation, New York University.

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November 27, 2015
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0183VF0HA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ First Draft Publishing GmbH (November 27, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1215 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 92 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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Great sense of reality about this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2015

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Great sense of reality about this book. May not be a desirable or comfortable reality. It begs the question as to what the outside forces are thinking. Are they really stupid, or perhaps they are getting what they actually want: uncontested contracts for arms and other military suppliers; a justification for armies etc. Anyhow thanks for the translation.

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