Politics

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014.…

Despite vast efforts to build the state, profound political order in rural Afghanistan is maintained by self-governing, customary organizations. Informal…

Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality…

This report describes the preparations for Operation Enduring Freedom, Army operations and support activities, coalition issues, and civil-military operations in…

This book is about a sacred place called Balkh, known to the ancient Greeks as Bactra. Located in the north…

In 2006, Texas historian and photographer Bill Wright traveled to Afghanistan to teach a course—sponsored by the Afghan NGO ASCHIANA,…

Fighting For Afghanistan is the third book in the Rogue Historian trilogy, taking Maloney's story into the conflict in 2006, when…

Influential fundraising groups and senators in the US made enormous efforts in the First Afghan War to present the Mujahedeen…

Waziristan, a region on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has in recent years become a flash point in the…

This book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international…

The destruction of the British army while retreating from Afghanistan in 1842 is one of the most dramatic episodes in…

This book, by one of the most experienced authorities on the subject, presents a deep analysis of the very difficult…

Be the First to Review this book Author:Paul Bernard, Raymond Desparmet, Jean Claude Gardin, Philippe Gouin, Marc Le Berre, Georges…

What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a…