Updated paperback edition telling the dramatic history of the land and peoples of Afghanistan from prehistoric times to the present day.

• Offers a detailed history, from the Indo-Iranian invasions of the second millennium BC and Alexander the
  Great, through to Soviet occupation, Taliban rule, and the 'war on terror'


• Much description of the contemporary period is based on the author's own research in Afghanistan


• Includes a new final chapter covering developments since 2001, including the fall of the Taliban, state...

This up-to-date, comprehensive, thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan now and yesterday will help readers to efficiently find their way in the massive secondary literature available. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz. the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and expertly indexed. An indispensable entry for all those taking professional or personal interest in a nation so much the focus of attention today.