As the events of September 11 showed, neglected areas of the Islamic world are feeding grounds for international terrorism. And as Rashid, author of the best-selling Taliban, shows in this important work, Islamic fundamentalism is gaining ground in Central Asia as well as it did in neighboring Afghanistan.

- From Publishers Weekly

Sunday, March 3, 2002 (SF Chronicle)

In the streets of Kabul and Kandahar, the name Juma Namangani had cachet. It still...