TEHRAN (IBNA) -- A thorough analysis of religion, the people, the land, and the political dynamism, ‎‎’A Brief History of Afghanistan’ (2007) by author of Dari language books Shaista Wahab ‎and Barry Youngerman has been published in Persian.‎
The book has been translated into Persian by Ali Velayati Askari. Ostad Publishing in Tehran has released ‘A Brief History of Afghanistan’ in 100 copies.
This book examines Afghanistan’s isolation and how it found itself involved in 30 years of war and anarchy. This resource provides extensive background information so readers can understand the issues and make informed judgments of their own.
Offering a clear, concise account of this country’s historical and cultural heritage, from 3000 BCE to the present, this insightful book explores the culture and politics of the Pashtun tribes whose homeland extends across much of Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, as well as the Taliban insurgency and the relationship between local leaders and the central government in Kabul.
Coverage includes: The rise of Islam to the establishment of the Afghan state -The birth of modern Afghanistan -The 20th-century monarchy -Two revolutions -Soviet Afghanistan -Afghanistan in rebellion -Mujahideen rule -The Taliban era -Afghanistan under Karzai -The Taliban resurgence.
Shaista Wahab was a librarian and professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she coordinated the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection in the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library Archives & Special Collections. An oral history specialist, she served as a consultant to the Afghanistan Unveiled (2002-2003) film project by Independent Lens, which was later picked up by PBS.