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Whispers of war : an Afghan freedom fighter's account of the Soviet invasion / Masood Khalili ; translated by Mahmud Khalili.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Persian Publisher: New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd ; Thousand Oaks, California, USA : SAGE Publications Inc, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) : mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789386062789
  • 938606278X
  • 9789386062796
  • 9386062798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 958.104/5 23
LOC classification:
  • DS371.2 .K477 2017eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. First Steps, Long Journey Ahead -- 2. No Journey Goes as Planned -- On the Way at Last -- 3. Home is Home -- Nooristan Awaits -- 4. Eagles Soar Higher -- 5. Grandfather's Castle -- Kantiwa, Heart of Nooristan -- 6. King of the Passes -- Kantiwa Pass -- 7. Goodbye Nooristan -- Welcome Panjshir -- 8. King's Wrath, Tears in Herat, and a Royal Wedding -- 9. Crossing the Hindu Kush Range -- Wheel of the Sky -- 10. Poor Jeep, Poor Donkey, Poor Surgery -- 11. Little Saleha: Onward to the Commander -- 12. Commander Massoud -- 13. Battle Preparations -- 14. Celebration before the Battle -- 15. Battle of the Garrison -- 16. Onward to Badakhshan, Cradle of Old Culture -- 17. Afghan Steel Factory -- 18. Back on Rocky Track -- Village Justice -- 19. Exorcism, Sufis, and a Royal Hunt -- 20. Yellow Pass: A Lonely Climber -- 21. Back to Nooristan and Unacceptable Love -- 22. Back to Kantiwa -- 23. Killer Kunar River.
Summary: An account of the search for ever-elusive peace by a war-torn country and its people.
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Includes index.

Unpublished original work written in Dari. Translated into English for current publication.

An account of the search for ever-elusive peace by a war-torn country and its people.

Machine generated contents note: 1. First Steps, Long Journey Ahead -- 2. No Journey Goes as Planned -- On the Way at Last -- 3. Home is Home -- Nooristan Awaits -- 4. Eagles Soar Higher -- 5. Grandfather's Castle -- Kantiwa, Heart of Nooristan -- 6. King of the Passes -- Kantiwa Pass -- 7. Goodbye Nooristan -- Welcome Panjshir -- 8. King's Wrath, Tears in Herat, and a Royal Wedding -- 9. Crossing the Hindu Kush Range -- Wheel of the Sky -- 10. Poor Jeep, Poor Donkey, Poor Surgery -- 11. Little Saleha: Onward to the Commander -- 12. Commander Massoud -- 13. Battle Preparations -- 14. Celebration before the Battle -- 15. Battle of the Garrison -- 16. Onward to Badakhshan, Cradle of Old Culture -- 17. Afghan Steel Factory -- 18. Back on Rocky Track -- Village Justice -- 19. Exorcism, Sufis, and a Royal Hunt -- 20. Yellow Pass: A Lonely Climber -- 21. Back to Nooristan and Unacceptable Love -- 22. Back to Kantiwa -- 23. Killer Kunar River.

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