Kabul 24

Author : Ben Pearson,Henry O. Arnold
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418580179

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Kabul 24 by Ben Pearson,Henry O. Arnold Pdf

You can't kidnap someone's hope. They were teachers, engineers, nurses, students, and artists from around the world who answered God's call to help Afghan refugees rebuild their lives following decades of war. But as international tensions reached inferno levels in 2001, extremists set out to rid Afghanistan of anyone who posed a threat to Islam and the influence of the Taliban. The Shelter Now International (SNI) humanitarian effort led by Christians from Western countries topped the Taliban's list. Kabul 24 is the story you didn't see on CNN. It's the story of the human heartbeats behind the headlines that captivated the world during one of the most volatile political windows in rencent history. Relive the harrowing, true account of how eight humanitarian aid workers imprisoned behind enemy lines would survive and even thrive in the midst of betrayal, inhumane conditions, and the massive Allied bombing raids?conducted by their own countries?following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. From peacemakers to pawns in a story of political and religious turmoil, the eight would individually and collectively discover a level of hope that would free them from captivity long before their dramatic rescue by American Special Forces 105 days after their abduction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UCBK:C024904421

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Appearances of Soviet Leaders by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jennifer L. Fluri,Rachel Lehr
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 9780820350349

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The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements by Jennifer L. Fluri,Rachel Lehr Pdf

The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and coalition forces was followed by a flood of aid representing well over two thousand organizations--each with separate policy initiatives, geopolitical agendas, and socioeconomic interests. This book examines the everyday actions of people associated with this international effort.

Author : Chris Johnson
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0855985038

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Afghanistan by Chris Johnson Pdf

This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries and the major development issues they face. Packed full of factual information, photographs and maps, the guides also focus on ordinary people and the impact that historical, economic and environmental issues have on their lives.

Author : Mark Sedra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317390817

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Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries by Mark Sedra Pdf

This book examines the evolution, impact, and future prospects of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) model in conflict-affected countries in the context of the wider debate over the liberal peace project. Since its emergence as a concept in the late 1990s, SSR has represented a paradigm shift in security assistance, from the realist, regime-centric, train-and-equip approach of the Cold War to a new liberal, holistic and people-centred model. The rapid rise of this model, however, belied its rather meagre impact on the ground. This book critically examines the concept and its record of achievement over the past two decades, putting it into the broader context of peace-building and state-building theory and practice. It focuses attention on the most common, celebrated and complex setting for SSR, conflict-affected environments, and comparatively examines the application and impacts of donor-supported SSR programing in a series of conflict-affected countries over the past two decades, including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The broader aim of the book is to better understand how the contemporary SSR model has coalesced over the past two decades and become mainstreamed in international development and security policy and practice. This provides a solid foundation to investigate the reasons for the poor performance of the model and to assess its prospects for the future. This book will be of much interest to students of international security, peacebuilding, statebuilding, development studies and IR in general.

Author : Jonathan Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857739261

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The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran by Jonathan Tucker Pdf

Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From the East came silk, precious stones, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and cotton; from the West, horses, weapons, wool and linen, aromatics, entertainers and exotic animals. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evolved, reaching its peak during the Tang dynasty and the Byzantine Empire and gradually withering away with the decline of the Mongol Empire. In this beautifully illustrated book, which covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road - from Lake Issyk-kul through Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, the Kyzyl Kum Desert, Khiva and Merv to Herat, Kabul and Iran - Jonathan Tucker uses travellers' anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road and illuminate the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world.

Author : Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers,Thomas William John Connolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Military engineers
ISBN : UOM:39015009228381

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Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898 by Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers,Thomas William John Connolly Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : England
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007791176

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Blackwood's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951001906944S

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott Leckie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521888233

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Housing, Land, and Property Rights in Post-Conflict United Nations and Other Peace Operations by Scott Leckie Pdf

This book is about the UN's role in housing, land, and property rights in countries after violent conflict.

Author : Richard F. Nyrop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Pakistan
ISBN : UIUC:30112106622522

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Area Handbook for Pakistan by Richard F. Nyrop Pdf

Author : Gary W. Bowersox
Publisher : GeoVision, Inc.
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0974732311

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The Gem Hunter by Gary W. Bowersox Pdf

This is the story of one man's endeavor to discover precious gems and to lead a life filled with loyal friends and extraordinary adventures. He finds it all in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan but not without risking his life. In this book Gary W. Bowersox spins his tales of thirty two years of discovery both introspective and worldwide. Along the way he encounters danger and intrigue as he builds lasting friendships. He has traded gems and stories with Afghan miners, ethnic peoples, freedom fighters, government officials, scientist, and on a few occasions, international spies.

Author : Ruby Lal
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300277494

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Vagabond Princess by Ruby Lal Pdf

A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir “Finally, a serious consideration of Gulbadan’s achievement.’”—Kirkus Reviews Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor. Gulbadan longed for the exuberant itinerant lifestyle she’d known. With Akbar’s blessing, she led an unprecedented sailing and overland voyage and guided harem women on an extended pilgrimage in Arabia. Amid increasing political tensions, the women’s “un-Islamic” behavior forced their return, lengthened by a dramatic shipwreck in the Red Sea. Gulbadan wrote a book upon her return, the only extant work of prose by a woman of the age. A portion of it is missing, either lost to history or redacted by officials who did not want the princess to have her say. Vagabond Princess contemplates the story of the missing pages and breathes new life into a daring historical figure. It offers a portal to a richly complex world, rife with movement and migration, where women’s conviviality, adventure, and autonomies shine through.

Author : Carol R Saivetz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000305890

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The Soviet Union In The Third World by Carol R Saivetz Pdf

This book examines the crucial role that Soviet policy toward the Third World played in Soviet efforts to influence the development of the international system in competition with the United States. It traces the evolution of Soviet policy toward the Third World.

Author : Jerry Dunleavy,James Hasson
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781546005322

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Kabul by Jerry Dunleavy,James Hasson Pdf

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER This explosive book is the definitive account of the Biden administration's most disgraceful hour—and the chaos it unleashed in the world. America’s chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. Ultimately, this book explains how Biden’s Afghanistan retreat spurred a dangerous new era that persist for decades. While Americans watched the fall of Afghanistan with disbelief, our nation’s enemies were also paying close attention.