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The bush administration had achieved a military victory in afghanistan but was in the middle of a longterm policy failure. The book focuses particularly on the late 1970s onwards. Although offered the position of prime minister, hekmatyar wanted to become the sole ruler of afghanistan. As ambassador and special envoy on afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, peter tomsen has had close relationships with afghan leaders and has dealt with senior. Wars in iraq and afghanistan gives us the first booklength expert historical analysis of these wars. The sovietafghan war began in 1979 and ended in 1989. I read that were was at least one actual border war between afghanistan and pakistan during the 60s in which the pashtun battalion of the pakistan defeated afghanistan s invading forces. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Pdf to afghanistan and back updated ed download ebook for free. The soviet war in afghanistan began in december 1979 to replace the existing communist government. Afghanistans tribal frontier areas annexed to india.
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Special envoy to afghanistan in 198992 and is the author of the wars of afghanistan. As ambassador and special envoy on afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, peter tomsen has had close relationships with afghan leaders. About the author peter tomsen was president george h. They go back decades to the war against the soviet union in the 1980s.
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