soviet occupation, 1979-1989

Presents thirteen primary and secondary documents on the history of instability in Afghanistan, covering its war with the Soviet Union, the rise and fall of the Taliban, and post-Taliban reconstruction, and includes a list of important people, a glossary, a chronology, and a further reading list.

An account of the ten-year war in Afghanistan from its political origins to the Soviet withdrawal in 1989.

Nelofer Pazira recounts the experiences she had during her childhood in Afghanistan during the Russian occupation.

An account of the author's transition from being an Afghan refugee to becoming a devout Muslim and resistance fighter struggling against the Soviet occupation in the late 1980s and eventually a Harvard University student as he found a path away from extremism.

Examines acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other instances of extreme persecution, with an emphasis on events taking place in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Afghanistan.