War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in AfghanistanAfghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious, and military - that face those now fighting on the most dangerous frontier in the world. |
Contents
The Coming of the Taliban 199 52001 | 24 |
Tora Bora 2 20012011 | 46 |
The British in Kabul 20012002 | 61 |
The Great Game in the South 2005 | 82 |
Ed Butler and Musa Qala 2006 | 96 |
Patronage or Corruption | 119 |
Sherard and the French | 147 |
I4 A Coalition Government 2010 | 194 |
I7 The Battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala 20062007 | 236 |
The Afghan Mafia 2009 | 268 |
The Beginning of the End? Summer 2010 | 282 |
The Sun in the Sky | 302 |
Turning the Tide | 331 |
Notes 331 | 351 |
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I6 General Richards Takes Over 2006201 I | 220 |
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