Taliban : the unknown enemy / James Fergusson.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 416 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780306820335
- 9780306820342
- DS371.3. F47.T35 2011
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.3.F47.T35 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 55000 |
“First Da Capo Press edition 2011 ; Copyright 2010 by James Fergusson”—reverse of title page.
“After supper, Abdullah told me to put my shoes back on : he wanted to show me something, and we were going for a short drive. It was long past midnight, and the air was sharp with frost as we picked our way by moonlight back up to the road where a car was waiting with the engine running…”—cover page.
“Includes bibliography”—(p. 396-398).
Contents: 1. The tank of Islam : Kandahar, 1994 (p. 23)—2. The army of orphans : Peshawar, 1996 (p. 37)—3. ‘Try not to hurt the people!’ : Kabul, 1996-1998 (p. 72)—4. The government that might have been, 1998-2000 (p. 101)—5. The Al-Qaida hijack, 1999-2001 (p. 121)—6. Surviving the daisycutters, 2001-2003 (p. 145)—7. Like a jam-jar to a swarm of wasps : the insurgency explodes, 2003-2009 (p. 168)—8. The McChrystal plan : sawing wood with a hammer (p. 195)—9. ‘This one, this is the big one’ : Mullah Zaeef and the prospects for peace (p. 213)—10. The trouble with President Karzai (p. 249)—11. Getting rich quick in Tajik Kabul (p. 259)—12. Not black and white, but grey : Hizb-i-Islami and the Afghan Parliament (p. 282)—13. How to talk to the Taliban (p. 309)—14. In the Jalalabad fief of Shirzai (p. 326)—15. The Taliban of Chak—Postscript (p. 383)—Notes (p. 389)—Bibliography (p. 396)—Picture credits (p. 399)—Index (p. 403).