Kabul - Post Report Question and Answers

Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?

The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. In the mandator pre-departure training in DC, staff receive two books on the history of Afghanistan, which are helpful. - Jun 2014


Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

There are multiple great books, but my memory fails me at the moment. - Mar 2013


Three Cups of Tea, The Bookseller of Kabul, My Life with the Taliban - Dec 2010


The Odyssey guide to Afghanistan, Caravans (James Michener), Ghost Wars (Steve Coll), The Places in Between (Rory Stewart), A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner (Khalid Hossani), all of Sebastian Junger. - Aug 2010


The Places in Between, Winter in Kabul - Jul 2010


Caravans, The Kite Runner, Three Cups of Tea. - Sep 2009


Kite Runner, Swallows of Kabul. - Mar 2008


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