Afghanistan, a land of stunning landscapes, deep-rooted cultures, and tumultuous history, has captivated the world for decades. Its unique position at the crossroads of empires has made it both a ...

Afghanistan, by Louis Dupree (features a great collection of Afghan proverbs) Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 ...

IN AFGHANISTAN: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN OCCUPATION By David Loyn Palgrave MacMillan, $27.95, 231 pages REVIEWED BY ROBERT F. DUNN This is a most timely book. As NATO ...

The role America has played in Afghanistan is largely unknown to Americans, ... Afghanistan: The Invisible History. Published: Jun. 07, 2009, 2:31 p.m. By . Michael Sears, community blogger ...

One of the books on Afghanistan, The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan, is by David Kilcullen, a former soldier from Australia, and Greg Mills, a South African academic.The Long War ...

The Triple AgentThe Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIABy Joby Warrick(Doubleday; 244 ...

From NPR's 2020 Book Concierge, we offer four book recommendations for history buffs. Accessibility links. ... My name is Diaa Hadid, and I cover Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR.

Books are losing value in Afghanistan – this scares me. ... It is extremely painful to see this state of affairs in Afghanistan – a country with a long literary history and tradition.