List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, October 1980: Flight
2. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, October 1980: Behsood Bridge
3. Abdien, Afghanistan, October 1980: Nasir
4. Somewhere near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, October 1980: Minefield
5. Afghanistan
6. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1919: General Nadir
7. Paris, France, 1920: Hélène
8. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1929: Nadir Shah
9. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1933: Zahir Shah
10. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1934: Tajwar
11. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1953: Pashtunistan
12. Faizabad, Afghanistan, 1955: Badakhshan
13. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1959: Baba Naeem
14. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1961: Kite Flying
15. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1962: The New Great Game
16. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1963: The King Acts
17. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Winter 1963: Duck Hunting
18. A Farm North of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1964: Buzkashi
19. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1965: Lessons
20. Ghazni, Afghanistan, 1967: Sia
21. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967: The Mystic
22. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967: Basketball
23. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1969: Afsana
24. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970: A Turkish Bride
25. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1971: Daoud
26. Bombay, India, 1973: The Wind
27. Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1973: Coup d’État
28. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1974: Sitar Lessons
29. Paghman, Afghanistan, 1974: Japan
30. Moscow, USSR, 1977: Daoud and Brezhnev
31. Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978: Daoud Is Overthrown
32. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978: Professor Wazir
33. Kabul University, December 1978: The Final Exam
34. Kabul Afghanistan, 1979: Hiding
35. Kabul Afghanistan, 1980: Pol-i-Charki Prison
36. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1980: Kandahari
37. Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980: Exodus
38. Back in the Minefield
39. Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980: Prison
40. Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980: Connections
41. Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: Pir Gailani
42. Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: Hazrat Sepgotolah
43. Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: The United Nations Humanitarian Aid Office
44. Afghanistan, Somewhere near the Pakistan Border, 1980: Mujahideen
45. Karachi, Pakistan, 1981: Train Ride
46. Ankara, Turkey, 1981: Shoeshine
47. Istanbul, Turkey, 1981: U.S. Consulate
48. U.S. Consulate, Istanbul, 1981: Hazaras
49. Frankfurt, Germany, 1981: The Parcel
50. Frankfurt, Germany, 1981: The Interview
51. Frankfurt, Germany, 1989: Warlords
52. San Diego, California, 1992: SpeeDee Oil
53. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1995: The Taliban
54. New York City: September 11, 2011
55. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: The Dance of the Dead
56. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: Karta-i-Char
57. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: The Gate
58. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: Ghosts
59. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2002: Hazrat Ali
60. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: The Cemetery
61. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: Money
62. San Diego, California, July 4, 2002: Citizens
63. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003: Number 3
64. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003: Rebuilding
65. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004: Orders
66. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: Din Mohammad
67. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: Hazrat Ali
68. Office of the Governor of Jalalabad, 2004: Gul Agha Sherzai
69. Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2004: Hadji Jawid
70. Security Headquarters, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: The Gardener
71. Abdien, Afghanistan, 2004: The Funeral
72. Compound of Hazrat Ali, Afghanistan, 2004: Jirga
73. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2005: The King’s Arabians
74. Karta-i-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan 2008: Rasoul
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