Afghanistan's Endless War
Subtitle: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780295981116
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Civil war; Political ideologies; Political structure & processes; Political History; History: World; Middle East - History; Military History - 1990-; History - General History; Afghanistan; Middle East - General; Asia - General; Government - Comparative; Social conditions; Military - General; 1989-; History
First sentence: Although it is little noted today, one of the world's most famous border crossings lies between Afghanistan and Pakistan at a tiny town called Torkham.