A brief history of Afghanistan
By: Shaista Wahab and Barry Youngerman.
Contributors: Youngerman, Barry.
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780816057610
Subjects: Afghanistan -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Land and people; title: Early history (Prehistory-651); title: From the rise of Islam to the Afghan State (651-1747); title: The birth of modern Afghanistan (1747-1901); title: Twentieth-century monarchy (1901-1973); title: A coup and a revolution (1973-1978); title: Soviet Afghanistan (1978-1989); title: Afghanistan in rebellion (1978-1992); title: Mujahideen rule (1992-1996); title: The Taliban era (1996-2001); title: The legacy of the Civil War; title: Overcoming the legacy.