Silk Road Books & Photos

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Taizi, Sher Zaman

Bacha Khan in Afghanistan

Biography of Bacha Khan leader of the so called ‘red shirts’ who instituted non-violent opposition against British India. Bacha Khan was a prominent leader in the Pukhtunkhwa(N.W.F.P. Pakistan) and this booklet details his contribution to political life in Pakistan. Seventeen pages in English three pages in Pashto.

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Wali, Shah

My Memoirs

Memoirs of Sardar Shah Wali Victor of the Third Anglo Afghan War and uncle of the then King Zahir Shah. Kabul 1970. In original card cover good condition. Includes the part played in the fall of Bacha Saquo by Shah Wali.

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Wild, Roland

Amanullah Ex King of Afghanistan

Hurst and Blackett Ltd London First Edition 1932. 26 photos b and w including one of Amanullah in Tennis kit. 288PP Hardback some foxing to pages.  An account of the rule of King Amanullah of Afghanistan.

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Wild, Roland

Amanullah Ex King of Afghanistan

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Yousaf Mohammad

Silent Soldier the man behind the Afghan Jehad

General Akhtar, a Pakistani Pashtun,  co-ordinated Pakistani efforts to support militarily the Mujahideen resistance in Afghanistan. Akhtar died in 1988 killed with General Zia Ul Haq in a still unexplained explosion aboard their C-130 military transport plane. Yousaf was a Brigadier serving under Akhtar and has written this account to publiicise Akhtar’s role in the defeat of the USSR. Pages 106.

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Zaeef Abdul Salam

My Life with the Taliban

Account by the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan on his years as a Mujahideen  fighter with the Taliban against the Soviets and thereafter a unique account on the rise of the Taliban to political power. This book provides further details about the author’s captivity at Guantanamo bay and the hope of his captors to use the author as a “moderate” Talib to negotiate on behalf of the US with the Taliban resistance movement. First edition in dust wrapper 2010. Hachette India 331 pages.