Publication

2010 - Bantam Press, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

77,500 words, Guess

Page Count

310 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-139780593066355
  • ISBN-139780552162838
  • OCLC Control Number624414141
  • Better World BooksW6-BBA-783
  • Better World Books9780552162838
  • Better World BooksKP-309-110
  • Better World BooksKN-566-095
  • Open LibraryOL26490144M

Classifications

  • DDC958.1046
  • LCCDS371.3 .F474 2010
  • LCCDS371.3
and 1 more
  • LCCDS371.3 .F47 2010

Description

"Fifteen years ago, southern Afghanistan was in even greater chaos than it is now. The Russians, who had occupied the country throughout the 1980s, were long gone. The disparate ethnic and religious leaders who had united to eject the invaders - the famous mujahiddin - were at each others' throats. For the rural poor of Kandahar province, life was almost impossible. Then on 12 October 1994 a small group of religious students decided to take matters into their own hands. Led by an illiterate village mullah with one eye, some 200 of them surrounded and took Spin Boldak, a trucking stop on the border with Pakistan. From this short and unremarkable border skirmish, a legend was born: the Taliban"--Jacket.

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