TY - BOOK AU - Chayes, Sarah, 1962-. TI - The punishment of virtue : inside Afghanistan after the Taliban / Sarah Chayes SN - 1594200963 U1 - DS 371.4 .C53 2006 CY - New York : Penguin Press, 2006. KW - Afghanistan – History – 2001- . KW - Afghan War, 2001- . KW - Kandahar (Afghanistan) – History – 21st century. KW - War correspondents – Afghanistan. KW - Chayes, Sarah, 1962- N1 - Maps on lining pages; 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 ER -