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The punishment of virtue : inside Afghanistan after the Taliban / Sarah Chayes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2006.Description: 386 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1594200963
  • 9780143112068
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.4. C539 2006
Contents:
Contents: 1. Suicide bombing—2. Covering crisis—3. Moving in on Kandahar—4. Reporting the last days—5. The fall of the Taliban—6. The road to Kandahar—7. Taking the city by force—8. A choice of allies—9. Dealing for the governorship—10. Kandahar, Afghan capital—11. Reporting Kandahar—12. The border—13. Civil society—14. Plunder and subsidy—15. Showdown with Shirzai—16. Zabit Akrem—17. Military matters—18. Security—19. The coming of Islam—20. How to fire a warlord—21. Murder—22. Mongol conquests and rebirth—23. Fighting with the pen—24. Misfire—25. Round three—26. Fear—27. The promotion of vice and the punishment of virtue—28. Mazar-I-Sherif—29. Kabul—30. Kandahar—31. Investigation—32. Cover-up—Notes—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.4.C539 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3acku000352947
Total holds: 0

Maps on lining pages.

“A sharply observed, fearlessly told memoir of Afghanistan after the Taliban : the Washington Post”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: 1. Suicide bombing—2. Covering crisis—3. Moving in on Kandahar—4. Reporting the last days—5. The fall of the Taliban—6. The road to Kandahar—7. Taking the city by force—8. A choice of allies—9. Dealing for the governorship—10. Kandahar, Afghan capital—11. Reporting Kandahar—12. The border—13. Civil society—14. Plunder and subsidy—15. Showdown with Shirzai—16. Zabit Akrem—17. Military matters—18. Security—19. The coming of Islam—20. How to fire a warlord—21. Murder—22. Mongol conquests and rebirth—23. Fighting with the pen—24. Misfire—25. Round three—26. Fear—27. The promotion of vice and the punishment of virtue—28. Mazar-I-Sherif—29. Kabul—30. Kandahar—31. Investigation—32. Cover-up—Notes—Index.

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