From my memories
Subtitle: memoirs of political imprisonment from childhood in Afghanistan
By: Khaled Siddiq "Charkhi" ; translated by Mohammad Sabir Sadadi ; edited by Nadia Aslami and Eng. Abdul Samad Danishwar
Contributors: Sadadi, Mohammad Sabir; Aslami, Nadia; Danishwar, Abdul Samad
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781449072766; 9781449072773
Subjects: Politics and government; Political prisoners; Biography; History
Other titles: Memoirs of political imprisonment from childhood in Afghanistan
Description: The author was imprisoned as a political prisoner at age 6 and held for 15 years without trial, verdict or definite sentence. He secretly taught himself to read and write several languages, including Farsi, his own. After his release, he and his family were under house arrest for another 5 years. "This is his true story of the trials and tribulations his family endured, from coping with the merciless executions of his uncles and cousins to the severe mistreatment they experienced during and after imprisonment ... His recollections shed light on some of the darkest chapters of Aghanistan's history and provide insight regarding the social ills and political injustices that brought the country to its current state of chaos and anarchy". --From back cover.