My Life with the Taliban (Columbia/Hurst)

by Abdul Salam Zaeef

Book Overview

My Life with the Taliban is the autobiography of Abdul Salam Zaeef, a former senior member of Afghanistan's Taliban and a principal actor in its domestic and foreign affairs. Translated for the first time from the Pashto, Zaeef's words share more than a personal history of an unusual life. They supply a counternarrative to standard accounts of Afghanistan since 1979. Zaeef shares his experiences as a poor youth in rural Kandahar. Both his parents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231701489
• ISBN13: 9780231701488
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.5" x 5.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher