Recommendations from our site
“His book about the Taliban came to prominence after 9/11. What Rashid manages to do is to show that this is a transnational problem.” Read more...
Thomas Barfield, Anthropologist
“This is a thorough analysis of how Western policy towards the region has made things worse since 2001. It is pretty bleak. Rashid joked to me while he was writing it that the working title was, What A Fucking Mess.” Read more...
The best books on The Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Gretchen Peters, Journalist
“Because it is the authoritative account of the current situation in the region. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to understand what’s going on in Pakistan and Afghanistan.” Read more...
The best books on The Khyber Pass
Paddy Docherty, Entrepreneurs & Business People
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