TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sands,Chris
TI  - Night letters : : Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists who changed the world / 
SN  - 9781787381964
AV  - DS371.33. H55.
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London : 
PB  - C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 
KW  - Hikmat’yar, Gulbiddin, 
KW  - Hizb-i Islami-i Afghanistan
KW  - Politicians – Afghanistan – Biography.
KW  - Afghanistan – History – 20th century.
KW  - Afghanistan – History – 21st century.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-478) and index.; Contents: Authors’ note—Map 1 : Afghanistan—Map 2 : Kabul—List of illustrations—Principal characters—Prologue : the return—Part one : monarchy and republic 1965-1978—1. Earthquakes—2. A new world—3. ‘The ancient enemy’—4. The insurrection—5. Spies—Part two : Jihad 1978-1991—6. The revolution—7. Devils—8. Professions of faith—9. Culture wars—10. ‘The west is afraid’—11. Black tulips—12. The mother party—13. Baghdad—14. Exit wounds—15. ‘The century of Islam’—Part three : civil war 1991-1996—16. The fall—17. The Islamic state—18. ‘Victory or martyrdom’—19. Collusion—20. The great game—Part four : the Taliban 1996-2001—21. The next war—Part five : the Americans 2001-2017—22. The guests—23. The reckoning—Notes—Acknowledgements—Further reading—Index
ER  -