A kingdom of their own : the family Karzai and the Afghan disaster by Partlow, Joshua, author instant download

A kingdom of their own : the family Karzai and the Afghan disaster by Partlow, Joshua, author instant download

1 online resource :, The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the U.S.--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief. At the center of this story is the Karzai family. President Hamid Karzai and his brothers began the war as symbols of a new Afghanistan: moderate, educated, fluent in the cultures of East and West, and the antithesis of the brutish and backward Taliban regime. The siblings, from a prominent political family close to Afghanistan's former king, had been thrust into exile by the Soviet war. While Hamid Karzai lived in Pakistan and worked with the resistance, others moved to the United States, finding work as waiters and managers before opening their own restaurants. After September 11, the brothers returned home to help rebuild Afghanistan and reshape their homeland with ambitious plans. Today, with the country in shambles, they are in open conflict with one another and their Western allies, Print version record, Includes bibliographical references and index, Cover; Dedication; 1 A Rescue from Demons; 2 Any Path Will Lead You There; 3 So Much in Love; 4 Jump-Starting a Country; 5 Because We See More, We Do More; 6 Government in a Box; 7 An Ordinary Afghan; 8 Smashing the China Shop; 9 Close Cousins; 10 Who's Running This Place?; 11 Where Everyone Gets Accused; 12 Couldn't Be More Helpful; 13 A Movie Story; 14 Making the Country Great Again; 15 The Five Fingers; 16 I Hate Politics; 17 Everybody in a Corner; 18 Not Religion but History; 19 The Primary Purpose of Its Existence; 20 Evil in Heaven; 21 The Zero Option; Acknowledgments, Illustration CreditsAbout Joshua Partlow; Notes; Index; Copyright