An examination of the 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas and the subsequent contribution to the de-legitimization of the Taliban regime of Afghanistan.
An analysis of an inherited narrative construct of Afghanistan and an argument for the need of Afghan recognition of its colonial heritage for the continued efforts of decolonization.
The assassination of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani should put to rest any vision of the Afghan conflict ending in reconciliation with the Taliban leadership.