Editor Noah Berlatsky has carefully and thoughtfully compiled a collection of opposing viewpoints on the Taliban. Reading more than one opinion on this highly-controversial topic will help your readers think critically and seek balanced world views. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate who the Taliban are, how the United States should deal with the Taliban, what its relationship with Pakistan is, and what the Taliban’s relationships are with other nations. Essay sources include Barack Obama, Kimberly Kagan, Husain Haqqani, and Pratap Chatterjee.