03818cam a2200481 a 4500 98695 20230410132852.0 090930s2010 nyub b 001 0aeng 2009040865 (OCoLC)ocn454376657 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP VP@ BWX ORX CDX NLGGC UV0 QQ3 ALAUL 9780231701488 (alk. paper) 0231701489 (alk. paper) NZ1 13226257 AU@ 000044778385 (OCoLC)454376657 a-af--- n-us--- nwcu--- B HV 6432 Z17lm 2010 958.104/7 GRAL Zaeef, Abdul Salam My life with the Taliban / Abdul Salam Zaeef ; edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn; foreword by Barnett R. Rubin. New York : Columbia University Press, 2010. xlvii, 331 p. : maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index. Death at Home -- The Camps-- The Jihad -- Lessons from the ISI -- Bitter Pictures -- Withdrawal -- Taking Action -- The Beginning -- Administrative Rule -- Mines and Industries -- A Monumental Task -- Diplomatic Principles -- Growing Tensions -- The Osama Issue -- 9/11 and its Aftermath -- A Hard Realisation -- Prisoner 306 -- Guantanamo of the Living -- Getting Out -- No War to Win --- Epilogue. "My Life with the Taliban is the autobiography of Abdul Salam Zaeef, a former senior member of Afghanistan's Taliban and a principal actor in its domestic and foreign affairs. Translated for the first time from the Pashto, Zaeef's words share more than a personal history of an unusual life. They supply a counternarrative to standard accounts of Afghanistan since 1979. Zaeef shares his experiences as a poor youth in rural Kandahar. Both his parents died when he was young, and Russia's invasion in 1979 forced Zaeef to flee to Pakistan. In 1983, Zaeef joined the jihad against the Soviets, fighting alongside several major figures of the anti-Soviet resistance, including current Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. After the war, he returned to his quiet life in Helmand, but factional conflicts soon broke out, and Zaeef, disgusted by the ensuing lawlessness, joined with other former mujahidin to form the Taliban, which assumed power in 1994. Zaeef recounts his time with the organization, first as a civil servant and then as a minister who negotiated with foreign oil companies and Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of the Afghani resistance. Zaeef served as ambassador to Pakistan at the time of 9/11, and his testimony sheds light on the "phoney war" that preceeded the U.S.-led intervention. In 2002, Zaeef was delivered to the American forces operating in Pakistan and spent four and a half years in prison, including several years in Guantanamo, before being released without trial or charge. His reflections offer a privileged look at the communities that form the bedrock of the Taliban and the forces that motivate men like Zaeef to fight. They also provide an illuminating perspective on life in Guantanamo" -- from book jacket. Zaeef, Abdul Salam, 1967 or 8- Taliban Biography. Afghan War, 2001- Biography. Prisoners of war Afghanistan Biography. Prisoners of war United States Biography. Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp Biography. Strick van Linschoten, Alex. Kuehn, Felix, 1979- PR 567327757 YBP Library Services YANK 3157278 Blackwell Book Service BBUS R7835999 $29.95 Coutts Information Services COUT 11037943 lcc bk MAT C0 DRFGD 89247 89247 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 B HV 6432 Z17lm 2010 00000088665 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk