afghanistan

Presents a collection of essays that debate various topics pertaining to the Taliban, such as how powerful they are, the relationship between the Taliban and Afghanistan's drug trade, and how the United States should deal with this organization.

Amir and Hassan are good friends growing up together in Afghanistan but when the Soviets invade the country, Amir and his family use their wealth and influence to flee to California, but Hassan and his impoverished family, who are also a shunned ethnic minority, stay and suffer.

John Wells, a CIA agent who successfully infiltrated al-Qaeda, returns to Washington D.C., but his sense of disquiet and a surge in Taliban activity returns him to Afghanistan, where he learns of more suspicious activity in China, North Korea, and Iran, as well as a possible mole in the CIA.

Primary and secondary source accounts help describe the weapons used in the War on Terrorism, explaining how they differ from the weapons used in other wars.

Provides a look into the life of Prince Harry from his childhood to the present.

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.

Presents the story of Malalai Joya, an outspoken activist from Afghanistan who stood up to defy the male-dominated society and the ruling Taliban in order to education women and girls.

The author, born in the U.S. in 1974 to Afghan immigrants, describes her upbringing, her family's past, and her dual identity, and discusses relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan before and after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

An introduction to the geography, history, government, people, and economy of this landlocked country with a long history of warfare and conquest.

Describes Afghanistan's geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, religion, and culture.