Title Whispers of war : an Afghan freedom fighter's account of the Soviet invasion / Masood Khalili ; translated by Mahmud Khalili.

Publication Info.	New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd ; Thousand Oaks, California, USA : SAGE Publications Inc, 2017.
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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) : map
Note	Includes index.
Summary	An account of the search for ever-elusive peace by a war-torn country and its people.
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. First Steps, Long Journey Ahead -- 2. No Journey Goes as Planned -- On the Way at Last -- 3. Home is Home -- Nooristan Awaits -- 4. Eagles Soar Higher -- 5. Grandfather's Castle -- Kantiwa, Heart of Nooristan -- 6. King of the Passes -- Kantiwa Pass -- 7. Goodbye Nooristan -- Welcome Panjshir -- 8. King's Wrath, Tears in Herat, and a Royal Wedding -- 9. Crossing the Hindu Kush Range -- Wheel of the Sky -- 10. Poor Jeep, Poor Donkey, Poor Surgery -- 11. Little Saleha: Onward to the Commander -- 12. Commander Massoud -- 13. Battle Preparations -- 14. Celebration before the Battle -- 15. Battle of the Garrison -- 16. Onward to Badakhshan, Cradle of Old Culture -- 17. Afghan Steel Factory -- 18. Back on Rocky Track -- Village Justice -- 19. Exorcism, Sufis, and a Royal Hunt -- 20. Yellow Pass: A Lonely Climber -- 21. Back to Nooristan and Unacceptable Love -- 22. Back to Kantiwa -- 23. Killer Kunar River.
Note	Description based on print version record.
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Language	Unpublished original work written in Dari. Translated into English for current publication.
Subject	Khalili, Masood, 1950- -- Diaries.
	Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) (OCoLC)fst01355030
	Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Personal narratives, Afghan.
	HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
	HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
	Afghanistan. (OCoLC)fst01205406
Chronological Term	1979-1989
Genre/Form	Diaries. (OCoLC)fst01423794
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Khalīlī, Maḥmūd, translator.
ISBN	9789386062789 (electronic bk.)
	938606278X (electronic bk.)
	9789386062796 (e pub 2.0)
	9386062798 (e pub 2.0)
	9789386062772 (paperback)
	9386062771 (paperback)

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