Our favourite books about Afghanistan
If a psychoanalyst said to you in a word association test, 'Afghanistan', the word you'd fire back would probably be, 'War'. But Afghanistan is first and foremost a country of poetry and family, debate and faith. Its history is a tapestry far richer than we often care to remember, as we've found in these four books.
If a psychoanalyst said to you in a word association test, 'Afghanistan', the word you'd fire back would probably be, 'War'. But Afghanistan is first and foremost a country of poetry, family, and faith. Its history is a tapestry far richer than we often care to remember, as we've found in these four books chosen by the Picador editorial team.