- An Atlantic Unbound interview with Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban ...www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/ba2000-08-09.htm
- In north-eastern Afghanistan, tens of thousands of people have fled advances by the Taliban. Many of them are likely to spend Afghanistan's bitter winter out in the open, but they say they prefer that to returning to live under Taliban control. .www.rnw.nl/humanrights/afghanistan/html/rashid001213.html