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My Life with the Taliban by Abd Al Salam Zaif Publisher Comments My Life with the Taliban is the autobiography of Abdul Salam Zaeef, a former senior member of Afghanistan's Taliban and a principal actor in its domestic and foreign affairs. Translated for the first time from the Pashto, Zaeef's words share more than a... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover 
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Fundamentalism Reborn?: Afghanistan and the Taliban by William Maley Publisher Comments In 1996, the world watched with varying degrees of interest, surprise, and unease as armed, ultra- fundamentalist insurgents overthrew the Afghan government. Within days of their victory, the Taliban, a militant Islamic sect, were issuing draconian... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Vintage Departures) by Robert D Kaplan Publisher Comments Robert D. Kaplan, bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts, offers a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of a people and a country at the center of world events. Here is a first-hand account of the guerrilla fighters, including Ahmad Shah Massoud... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded Rawa, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan by Melody Chavis Publisher Comments The unforgettable story of how one woman dared to start a revolution. Meena founded RAWA in 1977 as a twenty-year-old Kabul University student. She was assassinated in 1987 at age thirty but lives on in the hearts of all progressive Muslim women. Her... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Afghan Journey by Roger Willemsen Publisher Comments 'I ask a nomad boy: why do you have a green spot on the bridge of your nose? So they can find me again', he replies. 'And where do you think I come from?' 'From China.''Hello. Minister, what's your matter?' another one asks me. And I say: 'No matter... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.87 Sale - Hardcover
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Blood on the Lens: A Filmmaker's Quest for Truth in Afghanistan by Jim Burroughs Publisher Comments A personal journey from naivet?? to awareness in an ancient land of stark beauty and wartime... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.47 Sale - Hardcover
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times by George Crile Publisher Comments A bestseller in hardcover, "Charlie Wilsons War" tells what became of the largest covert operation in history. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol to arms-dealer conventions to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism Revised Edition by John K Cooley Publisher Comments This completely revised edition examines the events of September 11th 2001, Osama bin Laden's role and the complex working of the Al Qa'ida terror network. This is the classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with Afghanistan that explains... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan by Artyom Borovik Publisher Comments Artyom Borovik, who died last year, was considered one of the preeminent journalists in Russia. The first glimpse inside the Soviet military machine, The Hidden War captured the soldiers' terror, helplessness, and despair at waging war in a foreign land... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Book of Trouble: A Romance by Ann Marlowe Publisher Comments PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF TROUBLE "You won't soon forget The Book of Trouble. Ann Marlowe tells a crushing love story, and somehow also manages to weave in exotic tales of travel and fascinating tangents about everything from cousin marriage to fake... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $1.75 Used - Hardcover
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Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires: A New History of the Borderlands by David Isby Publisher Comments Veteran defense analyst and Afghanistan expert David Isby provides an insightful and meticulously researched look at the current situation in Afghanistan, her history, and what he believes must be done so that the US and NATO coalition can succeed in... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Taliban: The Unknown Enemy by James Fergusson Publisher Comments From a small group of religious students formed in 1994, the Taliban quickly grew into a national movement that occupied all of Afghanistan. Led by the mysterious Mullah Omar, the group established a theocracy based on strict observance of Sharia law... (read more) Your price: $17.50 New - Trade Paper
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Into the Land of Bones by Frank L. Holt Publisher Comments What George W. Bush called the "first war of the twenty-first century" actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Accounts of Alexander's invasion of ancient... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan by Robert D. Crews Publisher Comments The Taliban remain one of the most elusive forces in modern history. A ragtag collection of clerics and madrasa students, this obscure movement emerged out of the rubble of the Cold War to shock the world with their draconian Islamic order. The Taliban... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan by Nelofer Pazira Publisher Comments Written with compassion, intelligence and insight, " A Bed of Red Flowers" is a profoundly moving portrait of life under occupation and the unforgettable story of a family, a people and a country. "The picnic of the red flower" is a traditional time of... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Power Struggle Over Afghanistan: An Inside Look at What Went Wrong--And What We Can Do to Repair the Damage by Kai Eide Publisher Comments Based on the author's own conversations with President Karzai and other Afghan politicians, as well as prominent international representatives, Power Struggle Over Afghanistan is a Norwegian diplomat's account of his two years at the United Nations. Eide... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk Publisher Comments An American reporter offers a chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban for 45 days, during which time he spent most of his hours in a bare room, cut off from the world and unable to trust his guides, who he feared had betrayed... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot Publisher Comments Part historical evocation, part travelogue, and part personal quest, An Unexpected Light is the account of Elliot's journey through Afghanistan, a country considered off-limits to travelers for twenty years. Aware of the risks involved, but determined to... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fragmentation of Afghanistan 2ND Edition State by Barnett R Rubin Synopsis This monumental book examines Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, newly revised by the author, reflects developments since then and includes... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland by Saira Shah Publisher Comments The vivid, often startling memoir of a young woman shaped by two dramatically disparate worlds. Saira Shah is the English-born daughter of an Afghan aristocrat, inspired by his dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears presided... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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