Opium Nation Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

Name: Opium Nation Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan
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ISBN: 9780061934704

ISBN-10: 0061934704

ISBN-13: 9780061934704

Edition: 2011

Authors: Fariba Nawa

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Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal exploration of Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides and beyond. Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation “an insightful and informative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade. Fariba Nawa weaves her personal story of reconnecting with her homeland after 9/11 with a very engaging narrative that chronicles Afghanistan’s dangerous descent into opium trafficking…and most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives of ordinary Afghan people.” Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemach’s…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.35" wide x 7.87" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Prologue



Home After Eighteen Years



Four Decades of Unrest



A Struggle for Coherency



My Father's Voyage



Meeting Darya



A Smuggling Tradition



The Opium Bride



Traveling on the Border of Death



Where the Poppies Bloom



The Smiles of Badakhshan



My Mother's Kabul



Women on Both Sides of the Law



Adventures in Karte Parwan



Raids in Takhar



Uprisings Against Warlords



The Good Agents



In Search of Darya



Through the Mesh



Letting Go


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index