John Grinstead’s Reviews > The Places in Between > Status Update

Every Western politician should read this book and pay particular note of the chapter entitled @afghangov.org; Rory Stewart unpicks not only the hypocrisy of the approach to Afghanistan (and its neighbours) but drives a coach and horses through the notion that the likes of Tony Blair, clutching his Koran by his side, have any real understanding of the Afghan people, their needs or aspirations.