Chapter I INTRODUCTORY THE RISE OF THE ABDALJS THE SADDOZEIS The Abdali tribe of the Afghans to which Ahmad Shah Durrani, the subject of this work, belonged traces its origin to Abdal,^ the fifth in descent from Qis of Israelite extrac- tion. Qis embraced Islam during the time of Prophet Muham- mad and, according to…
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By: Wali Noori In Afghanistan, a visit to the Kandahar Corp by a US army officer would generally have required an armed US army convoy and early preparation. But this time, it was very unusual. In early 2003, my American colleague in charge of rebuilding the Afghanistan National Army in the south and I were…
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In 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led off her remarks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a press conference in Kabul by pointing to cricket as a model for Afghanistan’s reemergence. “I might suggest that if we are searching for a model of how to meet tough international challenges with skill, dedication and teamwork, we need only look…
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