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The Boundaries of Afghans’ Political Imagination
In this book, The Boundaries of Afghans’ Political Imagination, the author seeks an answer to the question of how tradition, specifically its normative-axiological aspects, shapes the political attitudes and actions of the Afghans. The author points to two different concepts of social order which are moulded by the Pashtunwali: on the one hand, a tribal code which is part of Pashto language tradition; and on the other hand, by Sufism, the religious and philosophical current in Islam expressed mainly in the Dari (Persian) language. The two systems offer a different hierarchy of values, and organize social reality by referring to two different models of order: the circle and the pyramid. Whi...
Culture, Conflict, and Counterinsurgency
The authors of Culture, Conflict and Counterinsurgency contend that an enduring victory can still be achieved in Afghanistan. However, to secure it we must better understand the cultural foundations of the continuing conflicts that rage across Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, and shift our strategy from an attritional engagement to a smarter war plan that embraces these cultural dimensions. They examine the nexus of culture, conflict, and strategic intervention, and attempt to establish if culture is important in a national security and foreign policy context, and to explore how cultural phenomena and information can best be used by the military. In the process they address just how intimate cultural knowledge needs to be to counter an insurgency effectively. Finally, they establish exactly how good we've been at building and utilizing cultural understanding in Afghanistan, what the operational impact of that understanding has been, and where we must improve to maximize our use of cultural knowledge in preparing for and engaging in future conflicts.
Afghanistan's Endless War
Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned Taliban fundamentalists, Larry Goodson explains in this concise analysis of the Afghan war what has really been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years. Beginning with the reasons behind Afghanistan’s inability to forge a strong state -- its myriad cleavages along ethnic, religious, social, and geographical fault lines -- Goodson then examines the devastating course of the war itself. He charts its utter destruction of the country, from the deaths of more than 2 million Afghans and the dispersal of some six million others as refugees to the complete collapse of its economy, which today has been replaced by monoagriculture in opium poppies and heroin production. The Taliban, some of whose leaders Goodson interviewed as recently as 1997, have controlled roughly 80 percent of the country but themselves have shown increasing discord along ethnic and political lines.
Chłopiec z latawcem
Uniwersalna opowieść o przyjaźni, zdradzie i próbie naprawienia błędów przeszłości. Wstrząsający obraz Afganistanu – od obalenia monarchii, przez sowiecką inwazję, aż do przejęcia rządów przez talibów. Afganistan, lata 70. Dwunastoletni Amir, syn zamożnego Pasztuna z Kabulu, wychowuje się w domu bez kobiet. By zyskać uznanie w oczach ojca, chce wygrać zawody latawcowe. Pomaga mu w tym starszy o rok Hasan, służący i towarzysz zabaw. Amir jest świadkiem napadu na Hasana przez bandę miejscowych chłopaków. Z tchórzostwa i wyrachowania Amir nie staje w obronie Hasana, a nawet doprowadza do sytuacji, w której Hasan musi opuścić ich dom. Ćwierć wieku później d...
I góry odpowiedziały echem
Afganistan, rok 1952. Abdullah i jego siostra Pari mieszkają wraz z ojcem i macochą w ubogiej wiosce. Ledwie wiążą koniec z końcem – znalezienie pracy graniczy z cudem. Szczególnie ciężkie dla rodziny są zimy. Dziesięcioletni Abdullah darzy trzyletnią, niezwykle pogodną Pari wielką, bezwarunkową miłością; stara się zastąpić jej nieżyjącą matkę i ojca, który nie poczuwa się do przejęcia jej obowiązków. Aby zdobyć dla siostry skarb – piękne pawie piórko – Abdullah odda jedyną parę butów. Pewnego dnia wszystko się zmienia. Podróż z ojcem do Kabulu stanie się dla Pari i Abdullaha początkiem rozstania, które odciśnie piętno na ich przyszłym życi...
