Night Letters
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists Who Changed the World
$62.75
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2019
Summary
In 1969, several young men met on a rainy night in Kabul to form an Islamist student group. Their aim was laid out in a simple typewritten statement: to halt the spread of Soviet and American influence in Afghanistan. They went on to change the world.
‘Night Letters’ tells the extraordinary story of the group’s most notorious member, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and the guerrilla organisation he came to lead, Hizb-e Islami. By the late 1980s, tens of thousands were drawn to Hekmatyar’s visi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787381964 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178738196X |
| Author: | Chris Sands, Fazelminallah Qazizai |
| Publisher: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 820g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
‘Night Letters is a treasure trove of political and military detail. For those involved with Afghanistan it is a must read. … Sands and Qazizai have produced one of the most thorough histories of modern Afghanistan.’
– Asian AffairsChris Sands
Chris Sands is a British freelance journalist who has been working in Afghanistan since 2005. Based there permanently for nine years, he continues to travel to Kabul.
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