Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of Political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today.
He shows how governing these peoples was relatively ea.
Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and Political differences that divide them.
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of Political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today