Afghanistan: Architectural Heritage and Global Politics
Afghanistan: Architectural Heritage and Global Politics
October 20, 2022: 11am (USA-EST), 4:00pm (London, UK), 7:30pm (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Afghanistan: Architectural Heritage and Global Politics
October 20, 2022: 11am (USA-EST), 4:00pm (London, UK), 7:30pm (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Afghanistan: Architectural Heritage and Global Politics
October 20, 2022: 11am (USA-EST), 4:00pm (London, UK), 7:30pm (Baghdad, Iraq), 8:00pm (Kabul, Afghanistan), 12:00AM-October 21 (Kyoto, Japan)
Primary sources contradict Pentagon optimism over decades
Pakistan sanctuaries, Afghan corruption enabled Taliban resurgence
My new book, Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics in Southwest Asia: Pakistan and Afghanistan since 9/11, has just been published by Anthem in London (2016). Based on archival research at the British Library, Bodleian and in South and Central Asia besides interviews in Britain, United States, Brussels, and the Sub-continent, this volume reviews the various hypotheses about Pashtuns (Pathans) varying from their Semitic origins to Aryan roots.