Zaeef, Abdul Salam.

My Life with the Taliban. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Kandahar: Portrait of a City -- Editors' Acknowledgements -- Editors' Notes -- Character List -- Foreword -- Preface -- Maps -- 1. Death at Home -- 2. The Camps -- 3. The Jihad -- 4. Lessons from the ISI -- 5. Bitter Pictures -- 6. Withdrawal -- 7. Taking Action -- 8. The Beginning -- 9. Administrative Rule -- 10. Mines and Industries -- 11. A Monumental Task -- 12. Diplomatic Principles -- 13. Growing Tensions -- 14. The Osama Issue -- 15. 9/11 and its Aftermath -- 16. A Hard Realisation -- 17. Prisoner 306 -- 18. Guantánamo Bay -- 19. Graveyard of the Living -- 20. Getting Out -- 21. No War to Win -- Epilogue: Afghanistan Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Z -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- About the Author and Editors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

This is the autobiography of the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan who negotiated with the US after 9/11 and spent time in Guantanomo. It is the first inside account of what motivates ordinary Afghans to join the Taliban.

9781849044448


Z̤aʻīf, ʻAbd al-Salām,-1967 or 1968-.
Taliban-Biography.
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp-Biography.


Electronic books.

DS371.33.Z34 A3 2010

958.1047092