Updated paperback edition telling the dramatic history of the land and peoplesof Afghanistan from prehistoric times to the present day. Offers a detailedhistory... » 

Updated paperback edition telling the dramatic history of the land and peoplesof Afghanistan from prehistoric times to the present day. Offers a detailedhistory from the IndoIranian invasions of the second millennium BC andAlexander the Great through to Soviet occupation Taliban rule and the waron terror Much description of the contemporary period is based on theauthor8217s own research in Afghanistan Includes a new final chaptercovering developments since 2001 including the fall of the Taliban statebuilding and foreign intervention in the region. The bibliography has also beenupdated. «