Afghanistan History

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    • A History 1st Edition
    • By: Carter Malkasian
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 27 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 30-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, is now the longest armed conflict in the nation's history. It is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon - but only after a stay of nearly two decades....

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    • The Battle for Afghanistan
    • By: William Dalrymple
    • Narrated by: Sagar Arya
    • Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 31-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 104 ratings
    • Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....

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    • Graveyard of Empires A New History of the Borderland
    • By: David Isby
    • Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
    • Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A startling history of modern Afghanistan - the story of a country caught in a vortex of terror....

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    • A Cultural and Political History
    • By: Thomas Barfield
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 21-09-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today....

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    • A Secret History of the War
    • By: Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post
    • Narrated by: Dan Bittner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 31-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
    • Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: Defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11....

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    • The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
    • By: Tamim Ansary
    • Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
    • Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 27-11-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism.....

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    • A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
    • By: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
    • Narrated by: Gregg Zoroya
    • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliest....

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    • The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
    • By: Steve Coll
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
    • The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan....

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    • Saving Lives from Dunkirk to Afghanistan
    • By: John Nichol, Eleo Gordon, Tony Rennell
    • Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
    • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Doctors, nurses, medics and stretcher-bearers must venture wherever someone is injured and the cry for assistance goes up. Their job is to put themselves in the heart of danger....

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    • A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War
    • By: Duane Evans
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 28-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans' gripping memoir tracks his efforts to join one of CIA's elite teams bound for Afghanistan, a journey that eventually takes him to the front lines in Pakistan....

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    • The Soviet War in Afghanistan
    • By: Gregory Feifer
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • In gripping detail, Gregory Feifer vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered....

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    • Conflicts of Empire
    • By: George Bruce
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Series: Conflicts of Empire
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The British East India Company dominated the Indian subcontinent, yet they were not secure in their position. Fearing that Russia threatened India's north-western border, the Company decided to strike and ensure that this menace would be stopped by a strong pro-British Afghanistan....

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    • Afghanistan's Hundred-Year War
    • By: Phil Halton
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The first step toward achieving a "solution" to the Afghanistan "problem" is to have a clear-eyed view of what is really driving it....

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    • The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
    • By: Ahmed Rashid
    • Narrated by: Youssif Kamal
    • Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Ahmed Rashid, called “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter” by Christopher Hitchens, brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan and the Middle East and Central Asia into sharp focus in this modern classic....

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    • British Special Forces Under Siege in Afghanistan. The Explosive True Story.
    • By: Damien Lewis
    • Narrated by: Matt Bates
    • Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • It is the winter of 2001. A terror ship is bound for Britain carrying a horrifying weapon. The British military sends a crack unit of SAS and SBS to assault the vessel before she reaches London. So begins a true story of explosive action....

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    • A Woman Walks Kabul
    • By: Taran Khan
    • Narrated by: Shernaz Patel
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 09-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations....

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    • The British Army in Afghanistan, 2001–2014
    • By: Sergio Miller
    • Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
    • Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • On 11 September 2001 19 al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists hijacked four aircraft and mounted the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The outrage triggered a chain of events that saw British forces drawn into a lengthy military campaign against a fierce insurgency in Afghanistan.

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    • 3 Para Return to Afghanistan
    • By: Patrick Bishop
    • Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 18-12-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province on a tour that has become a legend. All that summer the Paras were subjected to relentless attacks....

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    • How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq
    • By: Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry OBE
    • Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
    • Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 26-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • From the high-ranking officer who wrote the still-classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq comes the authoritative history of two conflicts which have overshadowed the beginning of the 21st century....

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