War & Peace & War : Twenty years in Afghanistan

A definitive account of the region whose fate defined the first two decades of the 21st century.

<p><b>In early 2022 ,veteran journalist Andrew North was kidnapped by the Taliban. By the time he found himself imprisoned in a jail cell, he had been reporting from Afghanistan for two decades, coming to know hundreds of Afghans along the way. This book brings together both his and their stories.</b><br><br><b>Farzana was banned from attending school as a child, but education would take her further than she could have imagined.</b><br><br><b>Bilal's dream of becoming a journalist came true, but at a cost.</b><br><br><b>While Abdul's ambition to become a doctor was thwarted, Jahan's prospects transformed radically for the better.</b><br><br><b>And in a quiet province, the life of a boy called Naqibullah was shattered.</b><br><br><b>Witness to both the country's transformation and the mistakes that eventually led to its collapse, in <i>War &amp; Peace &amp; War</i> North vividly evokes a country where foreign powers and internal forces have been on a collision course for over two centuries.</b></p>