Afghanistan today is the great enigma of Islam. The Afghans received the light of this most rational during the the early period when it was at the zenith of learing, the period when Islam awakened the world to human potentital to master the forces of Nature. And yet, it is today almost a replica of the pre-Islamic Arab peninsula, marked by ignorance and tribal conficts. The reason is that, on account of its geographical situaion it because a battle ground of imperialist powers, awaricious to control the rich resources of central south Asia.
Surayia Gull has graphically delineated the processes that have reduced this country to its present pilght. The world sees it today as a source of terrorism and symbol of backward-ness. It thus provides a key to understanding the enigma of Afghanistan.
The present book, which is divided into four chapters, in the chapter first "Afghanistan Geo-political and historical perspectives", describes its geo-physical features and stages of historical development in detail. The following chapter "Turmoils in Afghanistan" analyses the history of wars in detail that have taken place in Afghanistan and how their intensity gradually gained momentum. The remaining two chapters "Economic profile and Afghanistan as a nation state" deals with basic economic structure of the country and facts the figures of Afghanistan being a nation state.
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