Since the Allied invasion of Afghanistan in 2002, the Bush administration has celebrated the imminent demise of the Taliban, with claims of a "moral and psychological defeat" playing a prominent role in the presidential elections of 2004. Some commentators suggested that "reconstruction and development" had won over the Afghan population, despite widespread criticism of the meager distribution …
Examines the role of drug trafficking in the support of terrorist groups and the international criminal underworld connected to the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, arguing that the most important focus for Western policymakers is to stop the flow of money to terrorist networks.
This book is a study of regime change in an underdeveloped country with a weak state and strong autonomous social organizations. Regime change is in many countries a traumatic and disruptive experience, but few countries have paid as high a cost to retain traditionally accepted relationships of authority as has Afghanistan since the communist coup
Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mughal emperor Babur the Great, Rory Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions. Only with the help of an unexpected companion, and the generosity of the…
Report from Afghanistan presents a direct, on-the-ground account of the situation in Afghanistan during the early phase of the Soviet occupation. Based on field observations in active conflict zones and refugee communities, the book provides a realistic portrayal of the social, political, and military conditions shaping the country at the time. The narrative examines the structure and dynamics…
An introduction to the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the country sometimes called the Switzerland of Asia.
This book examines the troubled history of a nation whose global relevance continues to hold the international spotlight. Reaching as far back as the seventh century A.D., when Arab armies imported the new religion of Islam into a predominantly Buddhist country, Martin Ewans shows how centuries of invasions, fierce tribal rivalries, and powerful dynasties led to the creation of an Afghan empire…
Since 9/11, the Taliban have dominated headlines around the world. The Taliban government, allied to Osama Bin Laden, collapsed dramatically following the Anglo-American invasion of 2001. Since then however the movement has showed an unexpected ability to evolve, and has drawn the world's only superpower into a protracted and seemingly unwinnable conflict in this strategically vital country. No…
Kemelut di Afghanistan menguraikan gambaran menyeluruh mengenai krisis politik dan militer yang telah membentuk dinamika Afghanistan selama masa konflik berkepanjangan. Buku ini membahas akar ketidakstabilan, termasuk persaingan historis, campur tangan kekuatan asing, perubahan aliansi di antara faksi suku dan politik, serta pertarungan ideologi yang memperdalam ketegangan internal. Isi buku me…
An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border. He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years, hoping to reach the home of a local chieftain by nightfall. But then a dozen armed men…