02843nam 2200505 450 991080989200332120230725040012.01-84904-444-91-84904-445-7(CKB)2670000000492905(EBL)1538403(OCoLC)863822867(MiAaPQ)EBC4704112(MiAaPQ)EBC1538403(Au-PeEL)EBL4704112(CaPaEBR)ebr11273930(Au-PeEL)EBL1538403(EXLCZ)99267000000049290520161012h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMy Life with the Taliban /Abdul Salam Zaeef ; edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix KuehnLondon [England] :Hurst & Company,2010.©20101 online resource (681 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84904-152-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Kandahar: Portrait of a City; Editors' Acknowledgements; Editors' Notes; Character List; Foreword by Barnett R. Rubin; Preface by Abdul Salam Zaeef; 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 Living20. Getting Out21. No War to Win; Epilogue: Afghanistan Today; Note; Bibliography; Chronology; Glossary; Suggestions for Further Reading; About the Author and Editors; Index; Footnotes; Otherfmfn; ForewordfnThis is the autobiography of Abdul Salam Zaeef, a senior former member of the Taliban. His memoirs, translated from Pashto, are more than just a personal account of his extraordinary life. My Life with the Taliban offers a counter-narrative to the standard accounts of Afghanistan since 1979. Zaeef describes growing up in rural poverty in Kandahar province. Both of his parents died at an early age, and the Russian invasion of 1979 forced him to flee to Pakistan. He started fighting the jihad in 1983, during which time he was associated with many major figures in the anti-Soviet resistance, incl958.1047Zaeef Abdul Salam1692666Strick van Linschoten AlexKuehn FelixMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809892003321My Life with the Taliban4069922UNINA