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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so she can provide support for her family after her father's arrest. Presented in Spanish.

With Kabul in ruins from the Taliban's control, Parvana dresses as a boy and sets out to leave Afghanistan in search of her family.

An introduction to Afghanistan, providing information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, people, politics, and more, with maps, graphs, and a time line.

Afghanistan is known for its varied history and for its unique culture. This book discusses what it is like to live in the Afghanistan today. It examines many aspects of Afghanistan culture, including its history, geography, people, and government.

Traces the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan, explaining how the religious group rose to power, controlled the people, government, and economy of the country, aided terrorists, and fought American, British, and Soviet forces at various times and discussing how the Taliban controls what women, children, and men wear, think, and do.

Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

"The War in Afghanistan recounts the United States' involvement in the war against terrorism, including incidents leading up to the war, and key events and people"--Back cover.

Provides an overview of Afghanistan, and examines the history, culture, and people of the central Asian country, discussing landscape and climate, government, economy, education, leisure, and other topics, and looking at the future challenges facing the nation.