The Arabs at war in Afghanistan / Mustafa Hamid, Leah Farrall.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Hurst & Company, ©2015.Description: xxxi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781849044202
- DS371.2. H36 2015
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.2.H36 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000376938 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introducing Mustafa Hamid -- The Arab-Afghan jihad -- Early training and Taliban origins -- Two memos and an idea that spread: the real origins of Maktab al-Khadamat -- Jaji and the establishment of al-Masadah -- Confused origins: al-Qaeda's post-Jaji emergence and the Arab Advisory Council -- Jalalabad and the Arab-Afghan training storm -- The Afghan civil war and Arab-Afghan flight -- The Arab-Afghan return and the rise of the Taliban -- Strong horse, weak horse: Arab-Afghan politics and al-Qaeda's realpolitik -- Arab-Afghan unity efforts and 9/11 -- Reflections.
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