afghanistan

Traces the turbulent history of Afghanistan from 1979 to the present, focusing on how class and the competition for employment and education have played a key role in the country's recent past.

Barbara Bick describes three of her visits to Afghanistan, which includes her first trip in in 1990 at the age of sixty-five, her return trip in 2001 where she was a guest at an Al Queda compound before the attacks on the United States, and again in 2003 for a women's constitutional convention.

A guide to the customs and culture of Afghanistan, addressing local customs and traditions; the impact of history, religion, and politics; the Afghans at home, work, and play; eating and drinking, Afghan style; business practices; and communication, spoken and unspoken.

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.

Navy Master Chief Gil Shannon, one of America's most lethal SEAL snipers, launches his own bold mission comprised of SEAL Team Six and Delta Force fighters to free a female helicopter pilot being held and brutally mistreated by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

What would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?.

A ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below to trade their goods at market.

After her father is arrested by the Taliban, Parvana, an eleven-year-old Afghan girl, disguises herself as a boy so that she can work and support her family.

An introduction to Afghanistan that provides information on the landscape, weather and seasons, people, houses, food, and culture of the country, and includes photographs and maps.