afghanistan

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.

Examines the role of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan, discussing new occupational and educational opportunities and how they have effected women, health challenges, and the resurgence of the Taliban in 2005.

A book for high school students about the reality of daily life under control of the Taliban.

Provides a look into the lives of the Afghan people, particularly the women and children, in a photo essay format.

A graphic novel adaptation of Deborah Ellis' "The Breadwinner" in which to earn money so that her family can survive after her father's arrest, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy because of strict limitations imposed by the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, on women's freedom and behavior.

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.

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.

Conscious of the strict limitations imposed by the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to earn money so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

Captain Benjamin Tupper spent a year in Afghanistan in an Embedded Training Team, tasked with training, leading in combat, and mentoring the Afghan Army to victory against the brutal Taliban. Writing and recording from a remote outpost, Tupper's dispatches were posted on the blog The Sandbox and broadcast on NPR, bringing vivid snapshots of America's longest ongoing war to a wide audience back home. Here, he takes us inside the intricacies of the war, opening up a unique and multifaceted view of both Afghan culture and the daily life of an American soldier. From the rush of gunfire to surreal, euphoric moments of cross-cultural understanding, this emotional and thought-provoking narrative is rich with humor, eloquence and contradiction. Deeply personal and darkly funny, Tupper illuminates the challenges of the war, bringing to life both the mundane and the extraordinary and seeking a way forward.--From publisher description.

The author describes how his father and grandfather were killed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, causing him and his brother to flee the war-torn country. The twelve-year-old refugee traveled across eight countries, facing smugglers and internment, before arriving in the United Kingdom a year later.