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CIAO DATE: 02/2010

My Life with the Taliban

Abdul Salam Zaeef

January 2010

Columbia University Press

Abstract

Contents

Kandahar: Portrait of a City ix
Editors' Acknowledgements xxv
Editors' Notes xxvii
Character List xxix
Foreword by Barnett R. Rubin xxxvii
Preface by Abdul Salam Zaeef xli
Maps xlviii-xlix

1. Death at Home 1
2. The Camps 13
3. The Jihad 21
4. Lessons from the ISI 31
5. Bitter Pictures 39
6. Withdrawal 47
7. Taking Action 57
8. The Beginning 67
9. Administrative Rule 81
10. Mines and Industries 91
11. A Monumental Task 101
12. Diplomatic Principles 107
13. Growing Tensions 123
14. The Osama Issue 131
15. 9/11 and its Aftermath 141
16. A Hard Realisation 157
17. Prisoner 306 171
18. Guantánamo Bay 187
19. Graveyard of the Living 199
20. Getting Out 211
21. No War to Win 219
Epilogue: Afghanistan Today 229
Notes 245
Bibliography 285
Chronology 288
Glossary 297
Suggestions for Further Reading 309
About the Author and Editors 313
Index 315