Afghanistan


The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
And the Mountains Echoed
The Bookseller of Kabul
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Places in Between
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
The Patience Stone
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
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The Rutland Mule Matter by Richard Lee CroninNobody's Children by WD OliveWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee KnightApi's Berlin Diaries by Gabrielle Robinson
War History Non Fiction
26 books — 16 voters

Written in the Stars by Aisha SaeedA Time to Dance by Padma VenkatramanThe Love Match by Priyanka TaslimBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai HidierWhen Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar
South Asians in Contemporary YA
174 books — 96 voters

Khaled Hosseini
“ ‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance. ...more ”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

Dennis K.  Hausker
“ Abdul and Mohamed sat down, chilling the conversation at the table. They spoke in Urdu, unaware Lily understood them. When her expression changed subtly, Abdul noticed and switched to speaking English with a mundane comment. ”
― Dennis K. Hausker, Secrets: in a corrupted society

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