afghanistan

Ana Tortajada chronicles the experiences she had during a trip to Afghanistan in the summer of 2000, sharing what she learned about the lives of Afghan women.

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.

Recounts events during which, immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, a small group of U.S. SpecialForces soldiers entered Afghanistan on horseback to capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were ambushed in a battle in which they were outnumbered forty to one.

Farah Ahmedi, the victim of a land mine when she was just twelve years old, tells about her childhood in Afghanistan, a country trapped in war her entire life, and discusses the challenges she has faced as a result of losing her leg, and in trying to adapt to living in the United States.

A lieutenant's gripping, personal account of the legendary U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan--a vivid, action-packed, and highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery.

Kim Barker arrived in Kabul Afghanistan as a journalist who had only recently acquired a passport. As she learned more about Pakistan and Afghanistan her love for both countries grew, along with her fears for their future stability.

Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are chronicled from his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations, to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. This book provides a look at the inner workings of the US military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Following the events of 9/11, Brandon went on to manage the SEAL sniper course, designing new curricula and training a generation of SEAL graduates who became some of the most accomplished snipers of the 21st century.

Fariba Nawa fled Afghanistan as a child with her family during the Soviet invasion twenty years earlier. When she returned as an adult, she discovered a fractured country transformed by a multibillion-dollar drug trade.

Afghanistan's first female parliament deputy speaker tells her dramatic life story and, through the letters she writes to her two daughters, shares her hopes for their future and the entire female population of Afghanistan.

On December 7, 2004 when he was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president, Hamid Karzai had a lot to heal: Soviet troops had invaded, the mujahideen had resisted the invasion, the Taliban had moved into the country and U. S. military action after 9/11 had left the country in ruins.