Crossing the River Kabul
Subtitle: an Afghan family odyssey
By: Kevin McLean
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781612348971
Subjects: Politics and government; Communism; Afghans; Biography; History
Description: In Crossing the River Kabul, author Kevin McLean tells the true story of Baryalai Popal's amazing escape from Afghanistan during the Communist takeover and his return after 9/11.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Kabul airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980 : flight; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1980 : Behsood Bridge; title: Abdien, Afghanistan, October 1980 : Nasir; title: Somewhere near Afghanistan-Pakistan border, October 1980 : minefield; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1920 : the British; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1920 : General Nadir; title: Paris, France, 1920 : Hélène; title: Kabul, Afghanistan 1929 : Nadir Shah; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1933 : Zahir Shah; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1934 : Tajwar; title: Kabul, Afghanistsan, 1947 : Pashtunistan; title: Faizabad, Afghanistan 1955 : Badakhshan; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1959 : Baba Naeem; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1961 : kite flying; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1962 : the new great game; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1963 : the king acts; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, winter 1963 : duck hunting; title: A farm north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1964 : Buzkashi; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1965 : lessons; title: Ghazni, Afghanistan, 1967 : Sia; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1966 : the mystic; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967 : basketball; title: Jalabad, Afghanistan, 1969 : Afsana; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970 : a Turkish bride; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1971 : Daoud; title: Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1972 : the wind; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1973 : coup d'état; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1974 : sitar lessons; title: Paghman, Afghanistan, 1974 : Shabir leaves for Japan; title: Moscow, USSR, 1977 : Daoud and Brezhnev; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978 : Russia invades; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978 : Professor Wazir; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979 : Hafizullah Amin; title: Kabul Afghanistan, February 1979 : Pol-i-charki Prison; title: Kabul University, 1979 : the final exam; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979 : Kandahari; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980 : exodus; title: A minefield somewhere near the Pakistan border, October 1980 : Landi Kotal; title: Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980 : prison; title: Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980 : connections; title: Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : Pir Gailani; title: Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : Hazrat Sepgotolah; title: Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980 : the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Office; title: Afghanistan, somewhere near the Pakistan border, 1980 : Mujahideen; title: Karachi, Pakistan, 1981 : train ride; title: Ankara, Turkey, 1981 : shoeshine; title: Istanbul, Turkey, 1981 : U.S. Consulate; title: U.S. Consulate, Istanbul, 1981 : Hazaras; title: Frankfurt, Germany, 1981 : the parcel; title: Frankfurt, Germany, 1981 : the interview; title: Frankfurt, Germany, 1989 : warlords; title: San Diego, California, 1992 : SpeeDee Oil; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 1995 : the Taliban; title: New York City : September 11, 2011; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the dance of the dead; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : Karta-i-char; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the gate; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : ghosts; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2002 : Hazrat Ali; title: A cemetery near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : the cemetery; title: Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2002 : Wali Karzai; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002 : money; title: San Diego, California, July 4, 2002 : citizens; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : number three; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : rebuilding; title: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003 : orders; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : Din Mohammad; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : Hazrat Ali; title: Office of the Governor of Jalalabad, 2003 : Gul Agha Sherzai; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2003 : Hadji Jawid; title: Security headquarters, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2003 : the gardener; title: Abdien, Afghanistan, 2003 : the funeral; title: Compound Hazrat Ali, Afghanistan, 2003 : Jirga; title: Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004 : the King's Arabians; title: Karta-i-char, Kabul, Afghanistan 2008 : Rasoul.