Love And War In Afghanistan

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This touching collection presents true stories of fourteen ordinary men and women living in Northern Afghanistan. In a quarter-century of uninterrupted war, the people of Afghanistan have endured foreign invasions, ethnic strife, a fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian regime and the unending crossfire of rival warlord factions. The country remains an object of fascination for journalists, academics and film makers from around the world. in the midst of it all it is a startingly powerful experience to discover, here, the voices of the Afghan people themselves.

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The authors' fieldwork experience in the region allows us to receive this unique insider account of today's Afghanistan: a child who must provide for an entire family, a Soviet army defector, a Taliban militiaman's change of heart. The book summons a picture of Afghanistan that one cannot get from afar. Nader Entessar, Library Journal


A beautiful, moving, and haunting tapestry of individual lives in war-torn Afghanistan This is a must read for anyone who cares about and wants to grasp present-day Afghanistan. Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Author Bio

ALEX KLAITS has worked for several international aid organizations in northeastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Washington, DC. GULCHIN GULMAMADOVA-KLAITS holds a BA in economics from a university in Dushanbe, Tajikistan although her studies were interrupted when she fled her hometown to escape the countrys civil war.