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2) Afghanistan
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Explores the history of political unrest in Afghanistan from the Soviet Occupation to present day.
5) Afghanistan
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Uses primary source material to examine the history of Afghanistan and recent events that have increased its importance in the realm of world politics.
8) The Taliban
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A collection of essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic militia, discussing who they are, how they are funded, how the United States should respond to the group, and the relationship between the Taliban and other nations.
9) The Taliban
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A collection of essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic militia, discussing how powerful they really are, how the United States should respond to the group, and the relationship between the Taliban and other nations.
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Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen...
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This enthralling book chronicles how the Taliban came to be what it is today, and explains how different the Talibans radical convictions are from the more moderate Islamic society.
The Taliban are one of the most feared organizations in the world. A radical Islamic group that seeks to spread its hard-line interpretation of Islamic law across the world, the Taliban is based in the war-torn nation of Afghanistan. This enthralling book chronicles how...
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Discussing events that lead up to war in Afghanistan, beginning with the 1919 forming of the nation and continuing through plans for international troops to leave the country, readers learn about events and continuous conflict in this region during the late 20th and 21st centuries.
15) Afghanistan
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Discusses the results of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the various social issues facing the country.