Last Thursday, on March 11 2010, SOAS held the London Premiere of the film “Addicted in Afghanistan.”  Khalili Lecture Theatre was packed at 6:00 pm from people who had been queing up since 5:15 pm …

Kabulnath is set up by Ishwar Das for Aghan Hindus in Dari and German. To view the webpage click on the link:
http://www.kabulnath.de/
Read Ishwar Das’ biography here on project carousel!

Following  America’s war on terror and its invasion of Afghansitan, Saul David wrote this book which I recently read. David offers important historical lessons in this book.
Review
‘Saul David, a splendid narrator, interweaves histories of …

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is a compelling read but for many different reasons. I was just passing time in the Waterstones near SOAS when I saw this book. A subconscious compulsion made me reach for the novel and before I realised it, I had purchased it. Even though the title suggest the novel would contain some hard hitting material, I thought it would be a suitable read before bedtime, a novel from which I could read a chapter or two before falling asleep…how wrong was I!!!

I read the entire novel within 4 hours (this did mean it was 2 a.m. by the time I finished.)

The Kabul Chronicle’ in Vogue (March 2009) by Andrea Busfield is an interesting article about life in Kabul ‘which she says wasn’t about terrorism or the Taliban- it was a heady mix of partying, friends …
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Here is a good book by Michael Griffin, if you want to learn the facts about the Taliban and the American involvment in Afghanistan,