Karzai : the failing American intervention and the struggle for Afghanistan
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Mills, Nick B
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Publisher: New Jersey: Wiley, 2007Description: 240p.ISBN: 0470134003; 9780470134009.Subject(s): Karzai, Hamid,1957 | Afghanistan-Soviet occupation, 1979-1989Summary: The untold story of Hamid Karzai's dramatic rise to the presidency of Afghanistan and the problems he and his country face In 2004, Hamid Karzai was elected president in Afghanistan's first-ever democratic election. Today, criticized for indecisiveness and targeted for assassination by extremists, President Karzai struggles to build on the country's modest post-Taliban achievements before civil unrest undermines his government. Now, author Nick Mills draws on months of candid personal interviews with the charismatic Afghan president to offer a revealing portrait of the figure known to millions by his familiar uniform of karakul cap and long green chappan. Timely and compelling, Karzai tells the fascinating story of a unique leader with a keen intellect, a natural gift for storytelling, and a presidency in peril.
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| 958.104 COO Out of Afghanistan | 958.104 GIA Afghanistan | 958.104 IMI The impact of the Afghan-Sovioet War on Pakistan | 958.104 MIK Karzai | 958.104 SAM Militancy in Pakistan and Afghanistan | 958.104 س ل م مسئلہ افغانستان | 958.104 س ل م مسئلہ افغانستان |
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The untold story of Hamid Karzai's dramatic rise to the presidency of Afghanistan and the problems he and his country face In 2004, Hamid Karzai was elected president in Afghanistan's first-ever democratic election. Today, criticized for indecisiveness and targeted for assassination by extremists, President Karzai struggles to build on the country's modest post-Taliban achievements before civil unrest undermines his government. Now, author Nick Mills draws on months of candid personal interviews with the charismatic Afghan president to offer a revealing portrait of the figure known to millions by his familiar uniform of karakul cap and long green chappan. Timely and compelling, Karzai tells the fascinating story of a unique leader with a keen intellect, a natural gift for storytelling, and a presidency in peril.
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