Bibliograph

Crossing the River Kabul, an Afghan family odyssey, Kevin McLean

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Crossing the River Kabul, an Afghan family odyssey, Kevin McLean

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 257)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crossing the River Kabul

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

962233065

Responsibility statement

Kevin McLean

Sub title

an Afghan family odyssey

Summary

Tells of Baryalai Popal's amazing escape from Afghanistan during the Communist takeover and his return after 9/11

Table Of Contents

Kabul airport, Afghanistan, October 1980: flight -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, October 1980: Behsood Bridge -- Abdien, Afghanistan, October 1980: Nasir -- Somewhere near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, October 1980: minefield -- Afghanistan -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1919: General Nadir -- Paris, France, 1920: Hélène -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1929: Nadir Shah -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1933: Zahir Shah -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1934: Tajwar -- Kabul, Afghanistsan, 1953: Pashtunistan -- Faizabad, Afghanistan, 1955: Badakhshan -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1959: Baba Naeem -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1961: kite flying -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1962: the new great game -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1963: the king acts -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, winter 1963: duck hunting -- A farm north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1964: Buzkashi -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1965: lessons -- Ghazni, Afghanistan, 1967: Sia -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967: the mystic -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967: basketball -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1969: Afsana -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970: a Turkish bride -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1971: Daoud -- Bombay, India, 1973: the wind -- Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1973: coup d'état -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1974: sitar lessons -- Paghman, Afghanistan, 1974: Japan -- Moscow, USSR, 1977: Daoud and Brezhnev -- Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978: Daoud is overthrown -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978: Professor Wazir -- Kabul University, December 1978: the final exam -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979: hiding -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1980: Pol-i-Charki Prison -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1980: Kandahari -- Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1980: leaving -- Back in the minefield -- Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980: prison -- Landi Kotal, Pakistan, 1980: connections -- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: Pir Gailani -- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: Hazrat Sepgotolah -- Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980: the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Office -- Afghanistan, somewhere near the Pakistan border, 1980: Mujahideen -- Karachi, Pakistan, 1981: train ride -- Ankara, Turkey, 1981: shoeshine -- Istanbul, Turkey, 1981: U.S. Consulate -- U.S. Consulate, Istanbul, 1981: Hazaras -- Frankfurt, Germany, 1981: the parcel -- Frankfurt, Germany, 1981: the interview -- Frankfurt, Germany, 1989: warlords -- San Diego, California, 1992: SpeeDee Oil -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 1995: the Taliban -- New York City: September 11, 2001 -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: the dance of the dead -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: Karta-i-Char -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: the gate -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: ghosts -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2002: Hazrat Ali -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: the cemetery -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002: money -- San Diego, California, July 4, 2002: citizens -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003: number 3 -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003: rebuilding -- Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004, orders -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: Din Mohammad -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: Hazrat Ali -- Office of the Governor of Jalalabad, 2004: Gul Agha Sherzai -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2004: Hadji Jawid -- Security headquarters, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004: the gardener -- Abdien, Afghanistan, 2004: the funeral -- Compound of Hazrat Ali, Afghanistan, 2004: Jirga -- Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2005: the King's Arabians -- Karta-i-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan 2008: Rasoul

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