Afghanistan's political stability
Subtitle: a dream unrealised
By: by Ahmad Shayeq Qassem.
Publisher: Burlington, VT; Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780754679400; 9780754698616
Subjects: Political stability -- Afghanistan -- History; Islam and politics -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Politics and government; Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- South Asia; South Asia -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Ethnic relations; Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Afghanistan's historic relations with Central and South Asia; title: Ethno-nationalism and development; title: Soviet occupation and transformation of Afghan-Pakistan relations; title: The Islamic state of Afghanistan (ISA), the Taliban, and stability; title: Regional cooperation and political stability; title: Contemporary Central Asia and Afghanistan's stability; title: Re-emergence of major power rivalries.