Tuesday, December 21, 2010

MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN

From : The Hindu
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A fascinating memoir

NIRUPAMA SUBRAMANIAN

For anyone with even half an interest in Afghanistan, this book is a must read


MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN: by Abdul Salam Zaeef; Translated by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn; Hachette India, 612/614, Time Tower, MG Road, Sector 28, Gurgaon-122001. Rs. 495.

After Ahmed Rashid's definitive book on the Taliban, there have been few studied accounts of the movement that has managed to keep the U.S. military tied down in Afghanistan for a full nine years. But the war has ensured that, in the decade or so since the publication of Rashid's book, the world has come to know much more about this phenomenon called Taliban



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