Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?

August 4, 2010

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International conference on Afghanistan : July 19, 2010

July 21, 2010

International conference on Afghanistan, Interview given by Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, to “RFI” (excerpts) Kabul, 19 July 2010 (…) Q. – This is nevertheless the umpteenth conference. There have been quite a number of them since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001: in Bonn, London, The Hague, Paris, a [...]

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Afghanistan – Death of a French soldier : July 06, 2010

July 8, 2010

Afghanistan – Death of a French soldier, Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic Paris, July 6 2010 President Sarkozy was extremely sad to learn of the death in Afghanistan of a staff sergeant from the Valdahon 13th Engineers Regiment. This NCO belonged to the Task Force Lafayette’s route clearance detachment. During a reconnaissance [...]

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Afghanistan – Death of a French soldier : June 19, 2010

June 24, 2010

Afghanistan – Death of a French soldier, Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic Paris, 19 June 2010 On the evening of Friday, 18 June, President Sarkozy was very sad to learn of the death of a lance corporal from the Tarbes 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment. The armoured squadron’s combat post came under artillery [...]

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Afghanistan : Death of a French soldier, June 08, 2010

June 9, 2010

Afghanistan – Death of a French soldier – Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic Paris, 8 June 2010 President Sarkozy was extremely sad to learn of the death of an NCO from the Calvi 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment. During a reconnaissance operation launched south of Tagab today, a sergeant was fatally wounded in [...]

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On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia

May 12, 2010

ISBN13: 9780143115199 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionAvailable for the first time in paperback, Steve Coll’s trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and [...]

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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

April 22, 2010

Product DescriptionRanked 16 out of 100 on National Geographic Adventure’s list of top 100 adventure books of all time Feeling restless in the world of London’s high-fashion industry, Eric Newby asked an old friend to accompany him on a mountain-climbing expedition in the wild and remote Hindu Kush, in north-eastern Afghanistan. And so they went [...]

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The Places In Between

March 23, 2010

ISBN13: 9780156031561 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIn January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the [...]

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