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Article: Karzai: the Falling American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- The Middle East
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- November 1, 2007
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KARZAI THE FALLING AMERICAN INTERVENTION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AFGHANISTAN By Nick B. Mills published by Wiley ISBN 978 0 470 13400 9 price 18.99 [pounds sterling] hardback
Hamid Karzai's life spans the fall of the Afghan monarchy, the rise of brutal Communist regimes, the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union, and the 10-year jihad, which defeated the Soviets, the ruinous civil wars, the coming of the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Karzai was intimately involved in the events of those years. His education and fluent English allowed him to bridge the East-West divide, ...