TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitehead, Kim.
TI  - Afghanistan : major Muslim nations / Kim Whitehead
SN  - 9781422214336
U1  - DS 351.5 .W55  2010   
CY  - Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2010.
KW  - Afghanistan – Juvenile literature.
KW  - Afghanistan – Bibliography
KW  - Afghanistan – Civilization
N1  - “Updated and revised”—cover page; Contents: Introduction;  Harvey Sicherman—Place in the world—The land—The history—Politics, the economy, and religion—The people—Cities and communities—foreign relations—Chronology—Glossary—further reading—Internet resources—Index; “Over the past four decades, Afghanistan has been torn apart by social unrest and civil war. Most recently, the harsh government of the Taliban, which ruled according to a strict interpretation of Islamic law, was overthrown by a U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2001…”—back cover
ER  -